CVE-2018-10631 Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Protection Mechanism Failure
Attackers with physical access can modify application card binaries to bypass protection mechanisms and execute malicious code on the programmer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-10631?
CVE-2018-10631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Medtronic 8840 N’Vision Clinician Programmer, published on 13 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-693
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10631?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Medtronic N\'vision 8840 Firmware, Medtronic N\'vision 8870 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10631?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10631 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-10631 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10631 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Medtronic 8840 N’Vision Clinician Programmer
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4g99-xhm8-2rwc.