Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-18979

An issue was discovered in the Ascensia Contour NEXT ONE application for Android before 2019-01-15. It has a statically coded initialization vector. Extraction of the initialization vector is necessary for deciphering communications between this application and the backend server. This, in combination with retrieving any user's encrypted data from the Ascensia cloud through another vulnerability, allows an attacker to obtain and modify any patient's medical information.
Published 2019-05-06 20:29:01
Updated 2020-08-24 17:37:01
Source MITRE
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-18979

EPSS FAQ
0.29%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 65 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-18979

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.8
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
8.6
4.9
 NIST
7.4
 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
2.2
5.2
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2018-18979

References for CVE-2018-18979

Products affected by CVE-2018-18979

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