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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2024-48973 json

Debug port on Life2000 Ventilator serial interface is enabled by default

published 2024-11-14 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-43157

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 12%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The debug port on the ventilator's serial interface is enabled by default. This could allow an attacker to send and receive messages over the debug port (which are unencrypted; see 3.2.1) that result in unauthorized disclosure of information and/or have unintended impacts on device settings and performance.

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

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% 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-1263 Improper Physical Access Control

References

Sources

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