CVE-2018-16601 is a critical 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. A specially crafted IP header can trigger a full memory space copy in the prvProcessIPPacket function, leading to a denial of service and potentially remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability is network-exploitable with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity. While the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei available.
| 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:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.