Information Exposure Affecting freertos/freertos package, versions [,1.3.1][1.3.1,10.1.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERTOSFREERTOS-2365994
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Dec 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-16527  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freertos/freertos to version 10.1.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. 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 allow information disclosure during parsing of ICMP packets in prvProcessICMPPacket.

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