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CVE-2018-18977

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

An issue was discovered in the Ascensia Contour NEXT ONE application for Android before 2019-01-15. An attacker may reverse engineer the codebase to extract sensitive data that contributes to the disclosure of medical information of patients utilizing the Ascensia platform. This occurs because of weak obfuscation.

Affected products

• Ascensia Contour Diabetes: before 2.5.0 — fixed in 2.5.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ascensia Contour Diabetes 2.5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://depthsecurity.com/blog/medical-exploitation-you-are-now-diabetic
• https://depthsecurity.com/blog/medical-exploitation-you-are-now-diabetic

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