CVE-2018-8849 (GCVE-0-2018-8849)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-05-18 13:00
Modified
2025-06-27 16:24
Severity ?
4.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-311 - MISSING ENCRYPTION OF SENSITIVE DATA
Summary
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programme and 8870 N'Vision removable Application Card do not encrypt PII and PHI while at rest.
References
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttp://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/us-en/corporate/documents/Medtronic-NVision-8840_Security-Bulletin_FINAL.pdfVendor Advisory
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104213Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-137-01
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttps://www.medtronic.com/security
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/us-en/corporate/documents/Medtronic-NVision-8840_Security-Bulletin_FINAL.pdfVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104213Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-137-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Version: all versions
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   Medtronic 8870 N’Vision removable Application Card Version: all versions
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