CVE-2018-16601: FreeRTOS TCP/IP

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Description

IP DoS/Memory corruption

Root cause

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. A crafted IP header triggers a full memory space copy in prvProcessIPPacket, leading to denial of service and possibly remote code execution.

Software

Name

FreeRTOS

Versions affected

1.3.1 - 10.0.1

Links

• CVE Entry
• In-depth analysis