CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-8997

8.8 HIGH Published 2020-02-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-02-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

Older generation Abbott FreeStyle Libre sensors allow remote attackers within close proximity to enable write access to memory via a specific NFC unlock command. NOTE: The vulnerability is not present in the FreeStyle Libre 14-day in the U.S (announced in August 2018) and FreeStyle Libre 2 outside the U.S (announced in October 2018).

Affected configurations

• abbott freestyle libre firmware

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References