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CVE-2017-12716

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CVE-2017-12716

Published: Apr 25, 2018

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Abbott Laboratories

Accent and Anthem

affected
All versions of pacemakers manufactured prior to August 28, 2017

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

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