Vulnerability in Medtronic 8840 N’vision Clinician Programmer
CVE-2018-10631
The 8840 Clinician Programmer executes the application program from the 8870 Application Card. An attacker with physical access to an 8870 Application Card and sufficient technical capability can modify the contents of this card, including the binary executables. If modified to bypass protection mechanisms, this malicious code will be run when the card is inserted into an 8840 Clinician Programmer.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/nvision.html
- www.medtronic.com/security (Vendor Advisory)
- ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-137-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104213
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-10631?
- CVE-2018-10631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Medtronic 8840 N’vision Clinician Programmer, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2018-07-13.
- How severe is CVE-2018-10631?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.