Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-48970

Critical

Published: 14 November 2024

Published
14 November 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0009 25.3th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-48970 is a critical-severity On-Chip Debug and Test Interface With Improper Access Control (CWE-1191) vulnerability in Cisa (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 25.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The ventilator's microcontroller lacks memory protection. An attacker could connect to the internal JTAG interface and read or write to flash memory using an off-the-shelf debugging tool, which could disrupt the function of the device and/or cause unauthorized information disclosure.

CWE(s)
CWE-1191

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Cisa
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-41 Port and I/O Device Access
addresses: CWE-1191

Directly mitigates exposure of on-chip debug and test interfaces by disabling or removing them.

SR-10 Inspection of Systems or Components
addresses: CWE-1191

Inspection of on-chip debug/test interfaces can identify tampering or unauthorized access that those interfaces enable.

References