CVE-2017-5149: Abbott Merlin@home Firmware

High severity, CVSS 8.9. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in St. Jude Medical Merlin@home, versions prior to Version 8.2.2 (RF models: EX1150; Inductive models: EX1100; and Inductive models: EX1100 with MerlinOnDemand capability). The identities of the endpoints for the communication channel between the transmitter and St. Jude Medical's web site, Merlin.net, are not verified. This may allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to access or influence communications between the identified endpoints.

Affected products

• Abbott Merlin@home Firmware: up to and including 8.0

Published 2017-02-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.