Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Privilege Escalation and Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor models 24950 and 24952, prior to June 25, 2025, allows local attackers to interact with an internal service that deserializes data. By crafting a binary payload, an attacker could crash the service or elevate privileges.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a denial-of-service condition or unauthorized privilege escalation on the affected device.

Added: Sep 1, 2025, 7:22 PM
Updated: Sep 1, 2025, 7:22 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
5.4
impact
5.6
exploitability
3.3
remediation
0.0
relevance
0.3
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.8

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