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CVE-2018-16525

N/A
Published: December 6, 2018 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorFreeRTOSAmazon Web Services Freertos

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or leak information because of a Buffer Overflow during parsing of DNS\LLMNR packets in prvParseDNSReply.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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