Information disclosure in Amazon Web Services Freertos
CVE-2018-16603
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. Out of bounds access to TCP source and destination port fields in xProcessReceivedTCPPacket can leak data back to an attacker.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.018 (76.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Amazon Amazon_web_services_freertos
- Amazon Freertos
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16603?
- CVE-2018-16603 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amazon Web Services Freertos, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-12-06.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16603?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-16603 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.