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CVE-2018-18979

N/A
Published: May 6, 2019 at 07:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorContour Diabetes

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Contour Diabetes· Ascensia
95%
v < 2.5.0
Affected range stops below 2.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://depthsecurity.com/blog/medical-exploitation-you-are-now-diabetic

CVSS

5.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-798

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