What is CVE-2018-14062?

CVE-2018-14062 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cospas-Sarsat System, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-08-15.

How severe is CVE-2018-14062?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cospas-Sarsat System

CVE-2018-14062

The COSPAS-SARSAT protocol allows remote attackers to forge messages, replay encrypted messages, conduct denial of service attacks, and send private messages (unrelated to distress alerts) via a crafted 406 MHz digital signal.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2019-08-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cospas-Sarsat System

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2019ams/sessions/the-birdman-hacking-cospas-sars… (Third Party Advisory)
conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2019ams/materials/D1T1 - The Birdman and Cospas-… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14062?: CVE-2018-14062 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cospas-Sarsat System, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-14062?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.