CVE-2017-12714 describes a vulnerability in Abbott Laboratories pacemakers manufactured before August 28, 2017, where an attacker can repeatedly send "RF wake-up" commands to prematurely deplete the device's battery. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating an adjacent attack vector with high impact on availability (battery life) and high attack complexity. While a firmware update is available, there is no public exploit code, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog, suggesting no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article from SecurityWeek.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< f0b.0e.7eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:abbott:accent_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< f0b.0e.7eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:abbott:anthem_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< f10.08.6cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:abbott:accent_mri_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< f10.08.6cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:abbott:accent_st_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< f14.07.80CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:abbott:assurity_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.