What is CVE-2021-38392?

CVE-2021-38392 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boston Scientific Zoom Latitude, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-10-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-38392?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Boston Scientific Zoom Latitude

CVE-2021-38392

A skilled attacker with physical access to the affected device can gain access to the hard disk drive of the device to change the telemetry region and could use this setting to interrogate or program an implantable device in any region in the world.

Published 2021-10-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-08.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 16.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-21-273-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38392?: CVE-2021-38392 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boston Scientific Zoom Latitude, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-10-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-38392?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.