CVE-2017-12716
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-04-25
- Fixed inf0b.0e.7e
- WeaknessCWE-311 · CWE-319
Am I affected?
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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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-04-2513:29CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | < f0b.0e.7e | f0b.0e.7e | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | < f10.08.6c | f10.08.6c | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | < f10.08.6c | f10.08.6c | NVD |
1 more product in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
ICSMA-17-241-01_Abbott Laboratories ' Accent/Anthem, Accent MRI, Assurity/Allure, and Assurity MRI Pacemaker Vulnerabilities
Accent MRI: manufactured prior to August 28 · Assurity/Allure: manufactured prior to August 28 · Assurity MRI: manufactured prior to August 28 · +1 more
Fix
- Update Abbott accent firmware to f0b.0e.7e
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSMA-17-241-01 · 4 productsThe pacemaker firmware update will implement RF wake-up protections and limit the commands that can be issued to pacemakers via RF communications. Additionally the updated pacemaker firmware will prevent unencrypted transmission of patient information (Accent and Anthem only). The firmware update c…
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.06.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.03.3read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-311read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-319read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.2 %2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Published
- 2018-04-25
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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