CVE-2017-12716

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Abbott LaboratoriesAccent and AnthemAll versions of pacemakers manufactured prior to August 28, 2017affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-311: Missing encryption of sensitive data CWE-311

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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