What is CVE-2018-14494?

CVE-2018-14494 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vivotek Fd8136, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-14494?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Vivotek Fd8136

CVE-2018-14494

Vivotek FD8136 devices allow Remote Command Injection, related to BusyBox and wget. NOTE: the vendor sent a clarification on 2019-09-17 explaining that, although this CVE was first populated in July 2019, it is a historical vulnerability that does not apply to any current or recent Vivotek hardware or firmware

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2019-07-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Vivotek Fd8136
Vivotek Fd8136 Firmware — versions 0301a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.vdalabs.com/2018/07/23/professional-iot-hacking-series-target-selection-fir… (Third Party Advisory)
www.vdalabs.com/2018/08/06/professional-iot-hacking-series-hunting-remote-comma… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14494?: CVE-2018-14494 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Vivotek Fd8136, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-14494?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.