Vulnerability CVE-2018-16528
Published: 2018-12-06   Modified: 2018-12-07

Description:
Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of mbedTLS context object corruption in prvSetupConnection and GGD_SecureConnect_Connect in AWS TLS connectivity modules.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Amazon -> Amazon web services freertos 

 References:
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/
https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md
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