CVE-2018-8849 describes a data at rest vulnerability in Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 and 8870 devices, where Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) are not encrypted. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability has a physical attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact if an attacker gains physical access to the device. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:medtronic:n\'vision_8840_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:medtronic:n\'vision_8870_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.