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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2018-8842 json

Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior.

published 2018-09-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20450

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior. The software transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. The Philips e-Alert communication channel is not encrypted which could therefore lead to disclosure of personal contact information and application login credentials from within the same subnet.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-18-242-01 updated cvss 7.5

Philips e-Alert Unit

  • Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device) <= R2.1
    affected: mitigation “Please see the Philips product security website for the latest public security information on this matter and for other Philips products:” philips.com

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

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.