# CVE-2020-16216: Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Improper Input Validation

> Attackers can cause a denial-of-service condition via improper input validation, leading to system restarts on Philips IntelliVue patient monitors.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r3cv-8v59-5mh6

## What is CVE-2020-16216?

CVE-2020-16216 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Philips IntelliVue, published on 11 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In IntelliVue patient monitors MX100, MX400-550, MX600, MX700, MX750, 
MX800, MX850, MP2-MP90, and IntelliVue X2 and X3 Versions N and prior, 
the product receives input or data but does not validate or incorrectly 
validates that the input has the properties required to process the data
 safely and correctly, which can induce a denial-of-service condition 
through a system restart.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16216?

It affects 13 products.


Products: Philips Intellivue Mp2-Mp90 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mx100 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mx400 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mx550 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mx600 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mx700 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mx750 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mx800 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mx850 Firmware, Philips Intellivue X2 Firmware, Philips Intellivue X3 Firmware, Philips Patient Information Center Ix, Philips Performancebridge Focal Point.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-16216?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-16216 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Philips IntelliVue

- [CVE-2020-16228](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16228/): Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Improper Check for Certificate Revocation (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-16216 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-16216 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Philips IntelliVue, published on 11 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Philips IntelliVue. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16216/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16216/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16216
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16216
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16216

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16216/
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