CVE-2018-10631Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Protection Mechanism Failure
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, higher than 34% of scored CVEs.
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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.
- CVSS
- 6.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-693
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.41% (percentile 34)
- Assigned by
- icscert
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Aug 26, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
Medtronic 8840 N’Vision Clinician Programmer medtronic:8840_n_vision_clinician_programmer (from the name) | all versions | CNA record |
Medtronic 8870 N’Vision removable Application Card medtronic:8870_n_vision_removable_application_card (from the name) | all versions | CNA record |
ics_cert medtronic_n_vision_clinician_programmer ics_cert:medtronic_n_vision_clinician_programmer | from 8840_n_vision_clinician_programmer; 8870_n_vision_removable_application_card | CISA ADP |
medtronic n'vision_8840_firmware medtronic:n'vision_8840_firmware | all versions | NVD |
medtronic n'vision_8870_firmware medtronic:n'vision_8870_firmware | all versions | NVD |
References
- https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/nvision.html
- https://www.medtronic.com/securityvendor-advisory
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-137-01third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104213
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.