CVE-2018-10631
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Protection Mechanism Failure
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Protection Mechanism Failure
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-10631- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-2703
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-2703- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4g99-xhm8-2rwc
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer, all versions, and...
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer, all versions, and 8870 N'Vision removable Application Card, all versions. 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.
- Record
GHSA-4g99-xhm8-2rwc- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-311, CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-10631- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-10631 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Ics-cert Medtronic N'vision Clinician Programmer, published July 13, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.