CVE-2017-12714
CVE-2017-12714 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence
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.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, icscert
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
1%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
Unscored
no source published a base score
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-920
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
References
2 on the record
- ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-17-241-01
x_refsource_MISC
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100523
vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
Elsewhere on this site
- abbott laboratoriesevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-920other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.