CVE-2017-12714 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2017-12714

Abbott Laboratories pacemakers manufactured prior to Aug 28, 2017 do...

Vulnerability Description

Abbott Laboratories pacemakers manufactured prior to Aug 28, 2017 do not restrict or limit the number of correctly formatted "RF wake-up" commands that can be received, which may allow a nearby attacker to repeatedly send commands to reduce pacemaker battery life. CVSS v3 base score: 5.3, CVSS vector string: AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. Abbott has developed a firmware update to help mitigate the identified vulnerabilities.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Abbott Laboratories

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Affected Software

Accent/Anthem, Accent MRI, Assurity/Allure, and Assurity MRI.
Vulnerable Versions:
All versions of pacemakers manufactured prior to August 28, 2017

Timeline

Official Publish: April 25th, 2018
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-920

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.