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TI-2018-11852 Aliases CVE-2018-16522GHSA-5f6r-84gw-g44v

Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1 has an uninitialized pointer free in SOCKETS_SetSockOpt.

Priority LOW 39CWE-824Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-824 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1 has an uninitialized pointer free in SOCKETS_SetSockOpt.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02048 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_web_services_freertos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.3.1VulnerableAWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_web_services_freertos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.3.1 Vulnerable ·AWS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-16522
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5f6r-84gw-g44v

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

  • TI-2018-11856 Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2018-11855 Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2018-11896 An issue was discovered in Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2018-11858 Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2018-11853 Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2019-09825 Amazon FreeRTOS up to and including v1.4.8 lacks length checking in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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