CVE-2017-5149

high

Published 2017-02-13 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.9

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.9

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

93%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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References

CWEs

CWE-476

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.