Unencrypted Transmission and Storage of Patient Information in Abbott Laboratories Accent and Anthem Pacemakers

CVE-2017-12716 · LOW Severity

AV:A/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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