CVE-2020-16220 Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input
Improper input validation in Philips patient monitoring systems causes the certificate enrollment service to crash, preventing new device enrollment.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-16220?
CVE-2020-16220 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Philips Patient Information Center iX (PICiX), 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 Patient Information Center iX (PICiX) Versions C.02, C.03, PerformanceBridge Focal Point Version A.01, the product receives input that is expected to be well-formed (i.e., to comply with a certain syntax) but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input complies with the syntax, causing the certificate enrollment service to crash. It does not impact monitoring but prevents new devices from enrolling.
Weakness: CWE-1286
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16220?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Philips Patient Information Center Ix, Philips Performancebridge Focal Point.
How do I fix CVE-2020-16220?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16220 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-16220 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16220 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Philips Patient Information Center iX (PICiX)
- CVE-2020-16222 Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Improper Authentication
- CVE-2020-16212 Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
- CVE-2021-43548 Philips Patient Information Center iX (PIC iX) and Efficia CM Series Improper Input Validation
- CVE-2020-16224 Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
- CVE-2021-43552 Philips Patient Information Center iX (PIC iX) and Efficia CM Series Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2rq5-qmgj-689w.