CVE-2017-12716
Abbott has developed a firmware update to help mitigate the identified vulnerabilities.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 15th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-311, CWE-319
- Affected
- abbott/accent firmware · abbott/anthem firmware · abbott/accent mri firmware · abbott/accent st firmware
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS 0.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100523Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-17-241-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100523Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-17-241-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.