CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-16525
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-12-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 configurations
• amazon amazon web services freertos (<= 1.3.1)
• amazon freertos (<= 10.0.1)
References
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/ Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/ Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes, Third Party Advisory