CVE-2018-8854 describes a resource exhaustion vulnerability in Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device) firmware versions R2.1 and prior. An unauthenticated attacker can remotely consume excessive system resources, leading to a denial-of-service condition. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) has no known public exploits or active exploitation, and it has received limited 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:N/I:N/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.