CVE-2017-12716

Published Apr 25, 2018

Last updated 5 months ago

Overview

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.
Source
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.3
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
6.5
Vector string
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
CWE-311
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-319

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations