# CVE-2020-16228: Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Improper Check for Certificate Revocation


- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g25m-mg72-9v2w

## What is CVE-2020-16228?

CVE-2020-16228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Philips IntelliVue X3, published on 11 Sep 2020. 

### Official description

In Patient Information Center iX (PICiX) Versions C.02 and C.03, 
PerformanceBridge Focal Point Version A.01, IntelliVue patient monitors 
MX100, MX400-MX550, MX750, MX850, and IntelliVue X3 Versions N and 
prior, the software does not check or incorrectly checks the revocation 
status of a certificate, which may cause it to use a compromised 
certificate.

Weakness: CWE-299 (Improper Check for Certificate Revocation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16228?

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-2020-16228?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16228 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-16228 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16228 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Philips IntelliVue X3

- [CVE-2020-16216](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16216/): Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Improper Input Validation (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-16228 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-16228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Philips IntelliVue X3, published on 11 Sep 2020. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16228 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Philips IntelliVue X3. 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-2020-16228/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16228/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16228
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16228
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16228

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16228/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.