What is CVE-2018-16528?

CVE-2018-16528 is a high-severity vulnerability in Amazon Web Services Freertos, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-16528?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Amazon Web Services Freertos

CVE-2018-16528

Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of mbedTLS context object corruption in prvSetupConnection and GGD_SecureConnect_Connect in AWS TLS connectivity modules.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.033 (87.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Amazon Amazon_web_services_freertos
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16528?: CVE-2018-16528 is a high-severity vulnerability in Amazon Web Services Freertos, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-16528?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.