CVE-2018-18979

HIGH

Ascensia Contour Diabetes < 2.5.0 - Use of Hard-coded Initialization Vector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://depthsecurity.com/blog/medical-exploitation-you-are-now-diabetic

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0117
EPSS Percentile 63.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-798
Status published
Products (1)
ascensia/contour_diabetes < 2.5.0
Published May 06, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026