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CVE-2018-16601

An issue was discovered in Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with FreeRTOS+TCP), and WITTENSTEIN WH…

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.2%
percentile 91%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with FreeRTOS+TCP), and WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component. A crafted IP header triggers a full memory space copy in prvProcessIPPacket, leading to denial of service and possibly remote code execution.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.16% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

References

  • github.com /aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • blog.zimperium.com /freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • blog.zimperium.com /freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-c · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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