CVE-2018-16599 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through version 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with FreeRTOS+TCP), and WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component. It involves out-of-bounds memory access during NBNS packet parsing in the prvTreatNBNS function. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality and high attack complexity, requiring no user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one mention and one article identified.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_web_services_freertos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:freertos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.