{"id":"CVE-2018-8850","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-8850","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:21:15.675Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2018-09-26T19:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:05:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["philips/e-alert firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.03834,"percentile":0.90046,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105194","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-242-01","tags":["Mitigation","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/about/customer-support/product-security","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105194","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-242-01","tags":["Mitigation","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/about/customer-support/product-security","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8850","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}