Improper certificate validation in Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe…
Priority LOW 28CWE-295Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
An Improper Certificate Validation issue was discovered in Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump, Version 1.1, 1.5, and 1.6. The pump does not validate host certificates, leaving the pump vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00673 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump | Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump Vendor— Affected Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:smiths-medical:medfusion_4000_wireless_syringe_infusion_pump:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.1 | Vulnerable | Smiths-medical |
| cpe:2.3:o:smiths-medical:medfusion_4000_wireless_syringe_infusion_pump:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.5 | Vulnerable | Smiths-medical |
| cpe:2.3:o:smiths-medical:medfusion_4000_wireless_syringe_infusion_pump:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.6 | Vulnerable | Smiths-medical |
| cpe:2.3:h:smiths-medical:medfusion_4000_wireless_syringe_infusion_pump:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Smiths-medical |
- cpe:2.3:o:smiths-medical:medfusion_4000_wireless_syringe_infusion_pump:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·Smiths-medical
- cpe:2.3:o:smiths-medical:medfusion_4000_wireless_syringe_infusion_pump:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 Vulnerable ·Smiths-medical
- cpe:2.3:o:smiths-medical:medfusion_4000_wireless_syringe_infusion_pump:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.6 Vulnerable ·Smiths-medical
- cpe:2.3:h:smiths-medical:medfusion_4000_wireless_syringe_infusion_pump:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Smiths-medical
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12721
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2r97-cvgm-w9rp
References
More Smiths-medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-09424 Buffer overflow in Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2017-09426 Missing authentication in Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2017-09430 Hard-coded credentials in Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2017-09432 Hard-coded credentials in Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.3
- TI-2017-09428 Out-of-bounds read in Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2017-09431 Hard-coded credentials in Smiths Medical Medfusion 4000 Wireless Syringe Infusion Pump CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.6
Sources
- CVE-2017-12721 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-12721 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2r97-cvgm-w9rp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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