CVE-2017-12714: Abbott Accent Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Abbott Accent Firmware: before f0b.0e.7e (fixed in f0b.0e.7e)
• Abbott Accent Mri Firmware: before f10.08.6c (fixed in f10.08.6c)
• Abbott Accent St Firmware: before f10.08.6c (fixed in f10.08.6c)
• Abbott Allure Firmware: before f14.07.80 (fixed in f14.07.80)
• Abbott Anthem Firmware: before f0b.0e.7e (fixed in f0b.0e.7e)
• Abbott Assurity Firmware: before f14.07.80 (fixed in f14.07.80)
• Abbott Assurity Mri Firmware: before f17.01.49 (fixed in f17.01.49)

Published 2018-04-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.