CVE-2017-12716Abbott Laboratories Accent and Anthem pacemakers manufactured prior to Aug 28, 2017 transmit unencrypted patient information via RF communications to programmers and home monitoring units.
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, higher than 14% of scored CVEs.
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Abbott Laboratories Accent and Anthem pacemakers manufactured prior to Aug 28, 2017 transmit unencrypted patient information via RF communications to programmers and home monitoring units. Additionally, the Accent and Anthem pacemakers store the optional patient information without encryption. CVSS v3 base score: 3.1, CVSS vector string: AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. Abbott has developed a firmware update to help mitigate the identified vulnerabilities.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-311
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.24% (percentile 14)
- Assigned by
- icscert
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
Abbott Laboratories Accent and Anthem abbott_laboratories:accent_and_anthem (from the name) | All versions of pacemakers manufactured prior to August 28, 2017 | CNA record |
abbott accent_firmware abbott:accent_firmware | before f0b.0e.7e | NVD |
abbott anthem_firmware abbott:anthem_firmware | before f0b.0e.7e | NVD |
abbott accent_mri_firmware abbott:accent_mri_firmware | before f10.08.6c | NVD |
abbott accent_st_firmware abbott:accent_st_firmware | before f10.08.6c | NVD |
References
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-17-241-01x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100523vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, third-party-advisory
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