Buffer Over-read Affecting FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP package, versions [4.0.0,4.3.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERTOSFREERTOSPLUSTCP-13542054
  • published14 Oct 2025
  • disclosed10 Oct 2025
  • creditIvan Gotovchits

Introduced: 10 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2025-11617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP to version 4.3.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Over-read via the IPv6 packet processing when handling packets with incorrect payload lengths in the packet header. An attacker can access sensitive memory contents or cause a crash by sending specially crafted IPv6 packets.

Note:

This is only exploitable if IPv6 is enabled in the application.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1