CVE-2020-25187 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2020-25187

Medtronic MyCareLink Smart Heap-based Buffer Overflow

8.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Medtronic MyCareLink Smart 25000 is vulnerable when an authenticated attacker runs a debug command, which can be sent to the patient reader and cause a heap overflow event within the MCL Smart Patient Reader software stack. The heap overflow could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on the MCL Smart Patient Reader, potentially leading to control of the device

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Sternum, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, discovered and initially reported these vulnerabilities to Medtronic.

References

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Affected Vendor

Medtronic

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Affected Software

Smart Model 25000 Patient Reader

Vulnerable Versions:

All versions

Timeline

Official Publish: December 14th, 2020

Last Modified: May 22nd, 2025

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1055 Process Injection

Defense Evasion