What is CVE-2018-18978?

CVE-2018-18978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ascensia Contour Diabetes, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2019-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-18978?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ascensia Contour Diabetes

CVE-2018-18978

An issue was discovered in the Ascensia Contour NEXT ONE application for Android before 2019-01-15. It has a statically coded encryption key. Extraction of the encryption key is necessary for deciphering communications between this application and the backend server. This, in combination with retrieving any user's encrypted data from the Ascensia cloud through another vulnerability, allows an attacker to obtain and modify any patient's medical information.

EPSS: 0.007 (50.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ascensia Contour_diabetes
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18978?: CVE-2018-18978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ascensia Contour Diabetes, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2019-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-18978?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.