VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-16601

CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability4.16%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-12-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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. A crafted IP header triggers a full memory space copy in prvProcessIPPacket, leading to denial of service and possibly remote code execution.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Primary references