CVE-2019-18659 describes a vulnerability in the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) protocol that allows remote attackers to spoof Presidential Alerts due to the absence of cryptographic authentication. This design flaw affects all LTE phones, regardless of operating system. The vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a low attack complexity and potential for unauthorized information modification, but no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ready:wireless_emergency_alerts:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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