A restricted desktop environment escape vulnerability exists in the Kiosk Mode functionality of affected devices.

published 2020-02-20 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-28117

cvss: 6.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits: 0; none known

A restricted desktop environment escape vulnerability exists in the Kiosk Mode functionality of affected devices. Specially crafted inputs can allow the user to escape the restricted environment, resulting in access to the underlying operating system. Affected devices include the following GE Ultrasound Products: Vivid products - all versions; LOGIQ - all versions not including LOGIQ 100 Pro; Voluson - all versions; Versana Essential - all versions; Invenia ABUS Scan station - all versions; Venue - all versions not including Venue 40 R1-3 and Venue 50 R4-5

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSMA-20-049-02 updated 2024-05-16 cvss 8.4

GE Healthcare Ultrasound products (Update A)

GE Healthcare Invenia ABUS Scan station, not including VScan product line GE Healthcare LOGIQ, not including LOGIQ 100 Pro GE Healthcare Venue, not including Venue 40 R1-3 and Venue 50 R4-5 GE Healthcare Versana Essential GE Healthcare Vivid products, not including EchoPAC GE Healthcare Voluson, not including ImageVault
affected: mitigation securityupdate.gehealthcare.com

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

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

GE GE Ultrasound Products

Classification

Weakness

CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

us-cert.gov /ics/advisories/icsma-20-049-02
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-6977
NVD CVE-2020-6977

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Summary