CVE-2019-18252

BIOTRONIK CardioMessenger II, The affected products allow credential reuse for multiple authentication purposes. An attacker with adjacent access to the CardioMessenger can disclose its credentials used for connecting to the BIOTRONIK Remote Communication infrastructure.

Published: 2020-06-29 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-18252 is rated Low Risk (21.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-18252

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.07% 0.05% -0.02%
2 2025-03-29 0.05% 0.07% +0.02%
3 2025-03-17 0.05%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-18252

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 [email protected]
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.5 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-18252

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-18252

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
biotronik cardiomessenger_ii-s_gsm_firmware 2.20 cpe:2.3:o:biotronik:cardiomessenger_ii-s_gsm_firmware:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
biotronik cardiomessenger_ii-s_t-line_firmware 2.20 cpe:2.3:o:biotronik:cardiomessenger_ii-s_t-line_firmware:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-18252

URL Tags
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-20-170-05 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
cvelogic Threat Intelligence