A Command Injection issue was discovered in Nortek Linear eMerge E3 series Versions V0.32-07e and prior.

published 2018-02-19 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17209

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.2%; EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits: 0; none known

A Command Injection issue was discovered in Nortek Linear eMerge E3 series Versions V0.32-07e and prior. A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a target machine with elevated privileges.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-18-046-01 updated 2018-02-15 cvss 9.8

Nortek Linear eMerge E3 Series

Nortek Linear eMerge E3 series Versions <= 0.32-07e
affected: mitigation “Nortek recommends that affected users upgrade by following the process outlined on Page 47 of the E3 User Programming Guide.”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

n/a Nortek Linear eMerge E3 Series

Classification

Weakness

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSA-18-046-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-5439
NVD CVE-2018-5439

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Summary