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CVE-2018-8868 json

Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-20476

cvss
6.2
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 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor and 24952 MyCareLink Monitor contains debug code meant to test the functionality of the monitor's communication interfaces, including the interface between the monitor and implantable cardiac device. An attacker with physical access to the device can exploit other vulnerabilities to access this debug functionality. This debug functionality provides the ability to read and write arbitrary memory values to implantable cardiac devices via inductive or short range wireless protocols. An attacker with close physical proximity to a target implantable cardiac device can use this debug functionality.

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Vendor advisories

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cisa ICSMA-18-179-01 updated cvss 6.2

Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor

  • Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor Medtronic 24952 MyCareLink Monitor
    affected: 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

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.0 6.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor
  • Medtronic 24952 MyCareLink Monitor

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-749 Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

References

Sources

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