CVE-2018-16599

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
Description
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 memory access during parsing of NBNS packets in prvTreatNBNS can be used for information disclosure.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-16599
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-12-06T23:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-01-04T00:00:08
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_web_services_freertos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.3.1
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:freertos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.0.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/ Third Party Advisory
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16599
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16599
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:48:43 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 15:06:14 2018-12-06T23:29Z 2018-12-06T23:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 15:06:14 2019-01-04T00:00:08 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 15:06:14 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated