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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2024-48970 json

Life2000 Ventilator microcontroller lacks memory protection

published 2024-11-14 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-43155

cvss
9.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The ventilator's microcontroller lacks memory protection. An attacker could connect to the internal JTAG interface and read or write to flash memory using an off-the-shelf debugging tool, which could disrupt the function of the device and/or cause unauthorized information disclosure.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSMA-24-319-01 updated cvss 9.3

Baxter Life2000 Ventilation System

  • Baxter Life2000 Ventilation System <=06.08.00.00
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Baxter plans to issue a follow-up announcement in Q2 2025 regarding the Life2000 vulnerabilities described in this disclosure.” baxter.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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Baxter Life2000 Ventilation System
  • baxter life2000_ventilator_firmware

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1191 On-Chip Debug and Test Interface With Improper Access Control

References

Sources

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