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CVE-2017-12721 json

An Improper Certificate Validation issue was discovered in Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump, Version 1.1, 1.5,…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-4260

cvss
5.9
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An Improper Certificate Validation issue was discovered in Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump, Version 1.1, 1.5, and 1.6. The pump does not validate host certificates, leaving the pump vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSMA-17-250-02A updated cvss 3.7

Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump Vulnerabilities (Update A)

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

Sources

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