VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-16598
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.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.52%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.52% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-441
- Affected
- amazon/amazon web services freertos · amazon/freertos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/Patch, 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.mdRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/Patch, 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.mdRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.