CVE-2018-16525

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16525
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-06 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAmazon 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Amazon Amazon Web Services Freertos All All All All
Application Amazon Freertos All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
amazon-freertos/CHANGELOG.md at v1.3.2 · aws/amazon-freertos · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
FreeRTOS TCP/IP Stack Vulnerabilities Put A Wide Range of Devices at Risk of Compromise: From Smart Homes to Critical Infrastructure Systems | Zimperium Mobile Security Blog MISC blog.zimperium.com Third Party Advisory
FreeRTOS TCP/IP Stack Vulnerabilities - The Details | Zimperium Mobile Security Blog MISC blog.zimperium.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 11646 Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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