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CVE-2026-0793

ALGO 8180 IP Audio Alerter — ALGO 8180 IP Audio Alerter InformaCast Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

EPSS 0.7%CVSS 9.8

critical.is priorityof 100

CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4 Not in CISA KEV+300.0 EPSS percentile 53.5.535 × 2010.7 No public exploit+100.0 SSVC exploitation: none+100.0

Description · from the CVE record

ALGO 8180 IP Audio Alerter InformaCast Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of ALGO 8180 IP Audio Alerter devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the InformaCast functionality. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the device. Was ZDI-CAN-28302.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource

8180 IP Audio Alerter5.5–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

zdi (CNA)8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refzerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-015