CVE-2019-6540
Medtronic Conexus Radio Frequency Telemetry Protocol Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
02 Description
Medtronic Conexus Radio Frequency Telemetry Protocol Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 9.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-03-26 17:47Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-05-22 19:23Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-22
- Assigning CNA
- icscert
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 239e517f28519bc604caeec1b963ebbcb4a8d9b5837444eefb2747df543ec44a
05 Affected products
06 References
- ics-cert.us-cert.govhttps://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-19-080-01
- www.securityfocus.com107544http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107544
07 Remediation
Medtronic has developed mitigating patches for a subset of the affected implanted cardiac device models. These patches are installed during regular office visits. Medtronic has stated that patches for additional impacted models are being developed by Medtronic and will be deployed through future updates. Patches are currently available for the following affected models: * Protecta CRT-D and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), all models * Amplia MRI CRT-D, all models (patch available in U.S. only) * Claria MRI CRT-D, all models (patch available in U.S. only) * Compia MRI CRT-D, all models (patch available in U.S. only) * Visia AF MRI ICD, all models * Visia AF ICD, all models * Brava CRT-D, all models * Evera MRI ICD, all models * Evera ICD, all models * Mirro MRI ICD, all models * Primo MRI ICD, all models * Viva CRT-D, all models