CVE-2011-3386
Unspecified vulnerability in Medtronic Paradigm wireless insulin pump 512, 522, 712, and 722 allows remote attackers to modify the delivery of an insulin bolus dose and cause a denial of service (adverse human health effects) via unspecified vectors involving wireless communications and knowledge of the device's serial number, as demonstrated by Jerome Radcliffe at the Black Hat USA conference in August 2011. NOTE: the vendor has disputed the severity of this issue, saying "we believe the risk of deliberate, malicious, or unauthorized manipulation of medical devices is extremely low... we strongly believe it would be extremely difficult for a third-party to wirelessly tamper with your insulin pump... you would be able to detect tones on the insulin pump that weren't intentionally programmed and could intervene accordingly."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.5% (73th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-3349)
- Published
- September 2, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-3349 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- medtronic / paradigm wireless insulin pump
- medtronic / paradigm wireless insulin pump
- medtronic / paradigm wireless insulin pump
- medtronic / paradigm wireless insulin pump
References
- http://sixuntilme.com/blog2/2011/08/hacked_jay_radcliffe_insulin_p.html
- http://www.darkreading.com/security/vulnerabilities/231300312/getting-root-on-the-human-body.html
- http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/04/insulin-pumps-vulnerable-to-hacking/?test=faces
- http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HackersCanKillDiabeticsWithInsulinPumpsFromAHalfMileAwayUmNoFactsVsJournalisticFearMongering.aspx
- http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/231600265
- http://www.loop-blog.com/Blog_Full_Post?id=a09C000000Dbz3JIAR
- http://www.scmagazineus.com/black-hat-insulin-pumps-can-be-hacked/article/209106/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69643
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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