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CVE-2018-16601

HIGH · CVSS 8.1 EPSS 4.16% Public Exploit

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

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.1. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

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

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution
GitHub PoC Links

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2018-16601
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.1
EPSS
4.16%

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. A crafted IP header triggers a full memory space copy in prvProcessIPPacket, leading to denial of service and possibly remote code execution.

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