CVE-2020-25187 HIGH

CVE-2020-25187: Medtronic MyCareLink Smart Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vendor Medtronic
Product Smart Model 25000 Patient Reader
Weakness CWE-122
Published December 14, 2020
Last update May 22, 2025

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 14, 2020 CVE published
May 22, 2025 Record updated