Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Protection Mechanism Failure
Published Jul 13, 2018
6.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.41%
Description
The 8840 Clinician Programmer executes the application program from the 8870 Application Card. An attacker with physical access to an 8870 Application Card and sufficient technical capability can modify the contents of this card, including the binary executables. If modified to bypass protection mechanisms, this malicious code will be run when the card is inserted into an 8840 Clinician Programmer.
Affected products
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- Version All versionsStatusaffectedConstraints-
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- Version All versionsStatusaffectedConstraints-
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Medtronic | 8840 N’Vision Clinician Programmer | unaffected |
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| Medtronic | 8870 N’Vision removable Application Card | unaffected |
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Configuration 1
- n/a
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 2
- n/a
Running on/with
- n/a
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- Version 8840_n_vision_clinician_programmerStatusaffectedConstraints<=*
- Version 8870_n_vision_removable_application_cardStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
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| Ics Cert | Medtronic N Vision Clinician Programmer | n/a |
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Vendor solution
Medtronic has not developed a product update to address the vulnerabilities, but is reinforcing security reminders within this advisory to help reduce the risk associated with the vulnerabilities.
The 8870 Therapy Application card stores PHI and PII as part of its normal operating procedure and should be handled, managed and secured in a manner consistent with the applicable laws for patient data privacy.
Medtronic recommends users take additional defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, hospitals and clinicians should:
* Maintain strict physical control of the 8870 application card. * Use only legitimately obtained 8870 cards and not cards provided by any third party as firmware and system updates are provided directly by Medtronic using new 8870 application cards. * 8840 Programmers and 8870 Therapy Application compact flash cards are the property of Medtronic and should be returned to Medtronic when no longer in use. If that is not an option, you should securely dispose of them.
Medtronic has released additional patient focused information, at the following location:
https://www.medtronic.com/security
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Aug 19, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00411) | 32.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00411) | 35.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 7, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 30.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 30.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 17.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (4)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104213
- https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/nvision.html
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-137-01 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- https://www.medtronic.com/security Vendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104213 | ||
| https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/nvision.html | ||
| https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-137-01 | Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| https://www.medtronic.com/security | Vendor Advisory |
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