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CVE-2018-16598

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 2%

Description

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. In xProcessReceivedUDPPacket and prvParseDNSReply, any received DNS response is accepted, without confirming it matches a sent DNS request.

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. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCPatchThird 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

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-441

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