CVE-2011-3386

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3386
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-09-02 23:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in Medtronic Paradigm wireless insulin pump 512, 522, 712, and 722 allows remote attackers to modify the delivery of an insulin bolus dose and cause a denial of service (adverse human health effects) via unspecified vectors involving wireless communications and knowledge of the device's serial number, as demonstrated by Jerome Radcliffe at the Black Hat USA conference in August 2011. NOTE: the vendor has disputed the severity of this issue, saying "we believe the risk of deliberate, malicious, or unauthorized manipulation of medical devices is extremely low... we strongly believe it would be extremely difficult for a third-party to wirelessly tamper with your insulin pump... you would be able to detect tones on the insulin pump that weren't intentionally programmed and could intervene accordingly."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Medtronic Paradigm Wireless Insulin Pump 512 All All All
Hardware Medtronic Paradigm Wireless Insulin Pump 522 All All All
Hardware Medtronic Paradigm Wireless Insulin Pump 712 All All All
Hardware Medtronic Paradigm Wireless Insulin Pump 722 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Insulin Pump Hack Controversy Grows - Security - Vulnerabilities and threats - Informationweek af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.informationweek.com
Hackers can kill Diabetics with Insulin Pumps from a half mile away - Um, no. Facts vs. Journalistic Fear mongering - Scott Hanselman af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.hanselman.com
Insulin Pumps Vulnerable To Hacking | Fox News af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.foxnews.com
Six Until Me.: Hacked: Jay Radcliffe, Insulin Pumps, and Diabetes Sensationalism. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sixuntilme.com
www.loop-blog.com/Blog_Full_Post af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.loop-blog.com
www.darkreading.com/security/vulnerabilities/231300312/getting-root-on-the-human-... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.darkreading.com
Black Hat: Insulin pumps can be hacked - SC Magazine US af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.scmagazineus.com
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