CVE-2018-10631 json
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Protection Mechanism Failure
published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-2703
- cvss
- 6.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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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cisa ICSMA-18-137-01 updated cvss 6.3
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer (Update A)
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Medtronic 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer Medtronic 8870 N'Vision removable Application Cardaffected: vendor fix medtronic.com
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
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2y ago
Exploit prediction
0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Medtronic 8840 N’Vision Clinician Programmer
- Medtronic 8870 N’Vision removable Application Card
- ics_cert medtronic_n_vision_clinician_programmer
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure
References
-
medtronic.com
/security
vendor-advisory
- global.medtronic.com /xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/nvision.html
-
ics-cert.us-cert.gov
/advisories/ICSMA-18-137-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
- securityfocus.com /bid/104213
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-10631
- NVD CVE-2018-10631
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