CVE-2018-8850 describes a critical input validation vulnerability in Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device) firmware versions R2.1 and prior. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely craft malicious input, leading to altered control flow, arbitrary resource control, or arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= r2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:philips:e-alert_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.