CVE-2021-43550 describes a vulnerability where Philips Patient Information Center iX (versions C.02 and C.03) and Efficia CM Series (revisions A.01 to C.0x and 4.0) utilize a weak cryptographic algorithm, potentially exposing sensitive patient information during communication. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be exploited with low complexity over an adjacent network, leading to high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction or privileges. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
c.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:philips:patient_information_center_ix:c.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
c.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:philips:patient_information_center_ix:c.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= a.01, <= c.0xCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:philips:efficia_cm_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:philips:efficia_cm_firmware:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.