Is CVE-2018-18979 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-18979 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-18979?

CVE-2018-18979 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.4 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-18979?

CVE-2018-18979 has an EPSS score of 1.17% (64th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-18979?

Upgrade contour diabetes to 2.5.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-18979

HIGH

7.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in the Ascensia Contour NEXT ONE application for Android before 2019-01-15. It has a statically coded initialization vector. Extraction of the initialization vector is necessary for deciphering communications between this application and the backend server. This, in combination with retrieving any user's encrypted data from the Ascensia cloud through another vulnerability, allows an attacker to obtain and modify any patient's medical information.

CWE-798Hard-coded Credentials

How to fix

Remediation Available

contour diabetesNVD

Affected:< 2.5.0Fixed in:2.5.0CVE-2018-18979derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

64thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 64% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

depthsecurity.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2022-26138	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-3272	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-30406	Critical	9.0	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-28987	Critical	9.1	93%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-15976	Critical	9.8	93%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20439	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.