A severe security flaw impacting routers and disclosed four years ago has once again returned to the field, but this time, medical devices are potentially at risk.
The vulnerability, known as Misfortune Cookie, has been assigned a severity rating of 9.8.
Otherwise known as CVE-2014-9222, the bug first came on the radar through disclosure by Check Point researchers in 2014.
According to the cybersecurity firm, Misfortune Cookie impacted residential gateway SOHO routers from a variety of vendors. If exploited, the security flaw allowed attackers to remotely hijack devices.
