CVE-2018-16602 describes an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in the DHCP response parsing function of Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS (through 1.3.1), FreeRTOS (up to V10.0.1 with FreeRTOS+TCP), and WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component. This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.9), allows for information disclosure with high confidentiality impact, requiring no user interaction and having high attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| 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
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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.