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01 Record

CVE-2020-25187

Medtronic MyCareLink Smart Heap-based Buffer Overflow

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: icscert
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

Medtronic MyCareLink Smart Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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
3.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 90.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
2020-12-14 19:18Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2025-05-22 19:37Z1 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-09-04
Assigning CNA
icscert
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
  • CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
948f774b2ceb1bcb4998329f8d7401b5a9831072fca71af6252c7e015dbe65c9

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MedtronicSmart Model 25000 Patient ReaderAll versions—

06 References

07 Remediation

A firmware update to eliminates these vulnerabilities has been developed by Medtronic and is available by updating the MyCareLink Smartapp via the associated mobile application store. Upgrading to the latest v5.2 mobile application version will ensure the Patient Reader is also updated on next use. The user’s smart phone must be updated to the following operating system version for the patches to be applied: iOS 10 and above; Android 6.0 and above. Medtronic has released additional patient focused information https://www.medtronic.com/security : https://www.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins.html https://www.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins.html