Ascensia Contour NEXT ONE App on Android weak encryption [CVE-2018-18979]

A vulnerability was found in Ascensia Contour NEXT ONE App on Android. It has been classified as critical. This affects code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak encryption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 05/06/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-18979 since 11/05/2018. The exploitability is told to be difficult. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 134417, 134418, 134419 and 134420.

Vendor

• Ascensia

Name

• Contour NEXT ONE App

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Class: Weak encryption (CWE-311)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: ?
Status: Not defined

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Remediation: ?Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: ?11/05/2018 CVE assigned
01/15/2019 +71 days Countermeasure disclosed
05/06/2019 +111 days Advisory disclosed
05/07/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
05/07/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateCVE: CVE-2018-18979 (?)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20130704
See also: ?Created: 05/07/2019 07:17 AM
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