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Medium 5.3HealthcarePublished Dec 5, 2022

CVE-2022-43557BD BodyGuard™ Pumps – RS-232 Interface Vulnerability

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Does this affect you?

It affects Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) BodyGuard™ Pump and 7 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, higher than 12% of scored CVEs.

The BD BodyGuard™ infusion pumps specified allow for access through the RS-232 (serial) port interface. If exploited, threat actors with physical access, specialized equipment and knowledge may be able to configure or disable the pump. No electronic protected health information (ePHI), protected health information (PHI) or personally identifiable information (PII) is stored in the pump.

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1299
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
0.22% (percentile 12)
Assigned by
BD
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Apr 23, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 12, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) BodyGuard™ Pump
becton_dickinson_and_company_bd:bodyguardtm_pump (from the name)
BD BodyGuard™; CME BodyGuard™ 323 (2nd Edition); CME BodyGuard™ 323 Color Vision (2nd Edition); CME BodyGuard™ 323 Color Vision (3rd Edition); CME BodyGuard™ Twins (2nd Edition)
CNA record
bd bodyguard_999-603_firmware
bd:bodyguard_999-603_firmware
all versions
NVD
bd bodyguard_duo_999-903_firmware
bd:bodyguard_duo_999-903_firmware
all versions
NVD
bd bodyguard_epidural_999-683_firmware
bd:bodyguard_epidural_999-683_firmware
all versions
NVD
bd bodyguard_pain_manager_999-803_firmware
bd:bodyguard_pain_manager_999-803_firmware
all versions
NVD
bd bodyguard_t_999-103_firmware
bd:bodyguard_t_999-103_firmware
all versions
NVD
bd bodyguard_323_colorvision_firmware
bd:bodyguard_323_colorvision_firmware
all versions
NVD
bd bodyguard_121_twins_firmware
bd:bodyguard_121_twins_firmware
all versions
NVD

References

  • vendor-advisory, mitigation

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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