{"id":"CVE-2018-8849","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-8849","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:16:16.365Z","title":"Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programme and 8870 N'Vision removable Application Card do not encrypt PII and PHI while at rest.","description":"Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programme and 8870 N'Vision removable Application Card do not encrypt PII and PHI while at rest.","published":"2018-05-18T13:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:05:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-311"],"affected":["medtronic/n\\'vision 8840 firmware","medtronic/n\\'vision 8870 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.0032,"percentile":0.24869,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/us-en/corporate/documents/Medtronic-NVision-8840_Security-Bulletin_FINAL.pdf","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104213","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-137-01","source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://www.medtronic.com/security","source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"http://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/us-en/corporate/documents/Medtronic-NVision-8840_Security-Bulletin_FINAL.pdf","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104213","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-137-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8849","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}