CVE-2024-48970: Baxter LIFE2000 Ventilation System

Critical severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Baxter LIFE2000 Ventilation System: up to and including 06.08.00.00
• Baxter LIFE2000 Ventilator Firmware: up to and including 06.08.00.00

Published 2024-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.