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CVE-2018-8850 — Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2

Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior. The software does not validate input properly, allowing an attacker to craft the input in a form that is not expected by the rest of the application. This would lead to parts of the unit receiving unintended input

CVSS
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EPSS
2.38% (top 15.20%)
CWE
CWE-20
Published
2018-09-26T19:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-17T01:15:54.816Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior. The software does not validate input properly, allowing an attacker to craft the input in a form that is not expected by the rest of the application. This would lead to parts of the unit receiving unintended input, which may result in altered control flow, arbitrary control of a resource, or arbitrary code execution.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
PhilipseAlert Unit (non-medical device) — R2.1 and prior

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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