CVE-2018-16600 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

Out-of-bounds memory access in FreeRTOS ARP packet parsing allows attackers to disclose sensitive information from memory.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-16600?

CVE-2018-16600 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Dec 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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 ARP packets in eARPProcessPacket can be used for information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16600?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Amazon Amazon Web Services Freertos, Amazon Freertos.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16600?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16600 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-16600 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16600 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-276c-2376-64gp.

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