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CVE-2018-8864 (GCVE-0-2018-8864)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-25 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 21:57
VLAI
Summary
In ATI Systems Emergency Mass Notification Systems (HPSS16, HPSS32, MHPSS, and ALERT4000) devices, a missing encryption of sensitive data vulnerability caused by specially crafted malicious radio transmissions may allow an attacker to remotely trigger false alarms.
Severity
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-311 - MISSING ENCRYPTION OF SENSITIVE DATA CWE-311
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Acoustic Technology, Inc. (ATI Systems) ATI Emergency Mass Notification Systems Affected: The following ATI's Emergency Mass Notification Systems devices are affected: HPSS16, HPSS32, MHPSS, and ALERT4000.
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Date Public
2018-04-10 00:00
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