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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2017-12712 json

The authentication algorithm in Abbott Laboratories pacemakers manufactured prior to Aug 28, 2017, which involves an authentication key and…

published 2018-04-25 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-4251

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The authentication algorithm in Abbott Laboratories pacemakers manufactured prior to Aug 28, 2017, which involves an authentication key and time stamp, can be compromised or bypassed, which may allow a nearby attacker to issue unauthorized commands to the pacemaker via RF communications. CVSS v3 base score: 7.5, CVSS vector string: AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Abbott has developed a firmware update to help mitigate the identified vulnerabilities.

Patch / fix

  • abbott accent_firmware f0b.0e.7e
  • abbott anthem_firmware f0b.0e.7e
  • abbott accent_mri_firmware f10.08.6c
  • abbott accent_st_firmware f10.08.6c
  • abbott assurity_firmware f14.07.80
  • abbott allure_firmware f14.07.80
  • abbott assurity_mri_firmware f17.01.49

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSMA-18-107-01 updated cvss 7.5

Abbott Laboratories Defibrillator

  • Abbott Laboratories Current distributed < april 1, 2018 Abbott Laboratories Ellipse distributed < april 1, 2018 Abbott Laboratories Fortify distributed < april 1, 2018 Abbott Laboratories Fortify Assura distributed < april 1, 2018 Abbott Laboratories Promote distributed < april 1, 2018 Abbott Laboratories Promote Quadra distributed < april 1, 2018
    +5 more products
    Abbott Laboratories Quadra Assura distributed < april 1, 2018 Abbott Laboratories Quadra Assura MP distributed < april 1, 2018 Abbott Laboratories Unify distributed < april 1, 2018 Abbott Laboratories Unify Assura distributed < april 1, 2018 Abbott Laboratories Unify Quadra distributed < april 1, 2018
    affected: vendor fix sjm.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSMA-17-241-01 updated cvss 7.5

ICSMA-17-241-01_Abbott Laboratories ' Accent/Anthem, Accent MRI, Assurity/Allure, and Assurity MRI Pacemaker Vulnerabilities

  • Abbott Laboratories Accent MRI < august 28 Abbott Laboratories Accent/Anthem < august 28 Abbott Laboratories Assurity MRI < august 28 Abbott Laboratories Assurity/Allure < august 28
    affected: mitigation

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 8.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Abbott Laboratories Accent/Anthem, Accent MRI, Assurity/Allure, and Assurity MRI.

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.