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Case File

CVE-2018-16598

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 1.52% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-12-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2018-16598
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
1.52%

Original NVD 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. In xProcessReceivedUDPPacket and prvParseDNSReply, any received DNS response is accepted, without confirming it matches a sent DNS request.