CVE-2020-16224 Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
Attackers can cause the surveillance station to restart by sending messages with inconsistent length fields, disrupting patient monitoring operations.
- 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-2020-16224?
CVE-2020-16224 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, the software parses a formatted message or structure but does not handle or incorrectly handles a length field that is inconsistent with the actual length of the associated data, causing the application on the surveillance station to restart.
Weakness: CWE-130
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16224?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Philips Patient Information Center Ix.
How do I fix CVE-2020-16224?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16224 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-2020-16224 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16224 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-2021-43552 Philips Patient Information Center iX (PIC iX) and Efficia CM Series Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
- CVE-2020-16214 Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mpj3-4vv5-g8qc.