CVE-2018-8849 json
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-20457
- cvss
- 4.6
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programme and 8870 N'Vision removable Application Card do not encrypt PII and PHI while at rest.
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cisa ICSMA-18-137-01 updated cvss 4.6
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
Exploit prediction
0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 3.0 | 4.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer
- Medtronic 8870 N’Vision removable Application Card
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
References
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medtronic.com
/content/dam/medtronic-com/us-en/corporate/documents/Medtronic-NVision-8840_Security-Bulletin_FINAL.pdf
vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/104213
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
- cisa.gov /news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-137-01
- medtronic.com /security
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ics-cert.us-cert.gov
/advisories/ICSMA-18-137-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-8849
- NVD CVE-2018-8849
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