Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform Algorithm Downgrade

published 2020-09-18 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-8166

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits: 0; none known

Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform, Versions 12.2.1 and prior,

does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an attacker to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform 12.2.1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSMA-20-261-01 updated 2020-09-17 cvss 6.5

ICSMA-20-261-01_Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform

Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform <= 12.2.1
affected: mitigation “Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform Version 12.2.5 was released in May 2020 to remediate CWE-16, CWE-352, CWE-83, and CWE-693. Philips requires manual intervention to remediate CWE-757.”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	3.3	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform

Classification

Weakness

CWE-757 Selection of Less-Secure Algorithm During Negotiation

References

us-cert.cisa.gov /ics/advisories/icsma-20-261-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
philips.com /a-w/security/security-advisories/product-security-2020.html#2020_archive

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-16200
NVD CVE-2020-16200

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Summary