CVE-2018-8868

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.33% (27th) EPSS

CVSS 6.9 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor and 24952 MyCareLink Monitor contains debug code meant to test the functionality of the monitor's communication interfaces, including the interface between the monitor and implantable cardiac device. An attacker with physical access to the device can exploit other vulnerabilities to access this debug functionality. This debug functionality provides the ability to read and write arbitrary memory values to implantable cardiac devices via inductive or short range wireless protocols. An attacker with close physical proximity to a target implantable cardiac device can use this debug functionality.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixed24950 MyCareLink Monitorcisa_csaf_ot
Medtronic has released additional patient focused information, at the following location:
Fixed24952 MyCareLink Monitorcisa_csaf_ot
Medtronic has released additional patient focused information, at the following location:

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10

v3.06.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.5 · impact 5.9

v3.06.2mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Lsecondary · CISA US

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov USexploitability 0.4 · impact 5.3

v3.15.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-749USCWE-749US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

24950 MyCareLink Monitor: all versionsall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
24952 MyCareLink Monitor: all versionsall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitorall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Medtronic 24952 MyCareLink Monitorall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor≤ All versionsenisa_euvdEU
Medtronic 24952 MyCareLink Monitor≤ All versionsenisa_euvdEU
medtronic 24950 mycarelink monitor firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:medtronic:24950_mycarelink_monitor_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
medtronic 24952 mycarelink monitor firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:medtronic:24952_mycarelink_monitor_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSMA-18-179-01Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor2018-06-28icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
If exploited, these vulnerabilities may allow privileged access to the monitor 's operating system. However, physical access to the MyCareLink monitor is required. Additionally, these vulnerabilities may allow a MyCareLink monitor, when operated within close physical proximity of an implantable cardiac device, to read and write arbitrary memory values of that device.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-07-03modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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