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Medium 6.5HealthcarePublished Sep 11, 2020

CVE-2020-16224Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

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It affects Philips Patient Information Center iX (PICiX) and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.59%, higher than 47% of scored CVEs.

In Patient Information Center iX (PICiX) Versions C.02, C.03, the software parses a formatted message or structure but does not handle or incorrectly handles a length field that is inconsistent with the actual length of the associated data, causing the application on the surveillance station to restart.

CVSS
6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-130
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
0.59% (percentile 47)
Assigned by
icscert
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Aug 4, 2024
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 12, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Philips Patient Information Center iX (PICiX)
philips:patient_information_center_ix_picix (from the name)
C.02; C.03
CNA record
philips patient_information_center_ix
philips:patient_information_center_ix
c.02; c.03
NVD

References

  • x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

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.

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