TI-2018-11858 Aliases CVE-2018-16528 GHSA-x364-mjf7-297c

Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute…

MEDIUM 41CWE-20Published 2018-12-06 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03291 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07

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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_web_services_freertos::::::::	up to 1.3.1	Vulnerable	AWS

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

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-16528
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x364-mjf7-297c

References

Advisory 3

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-2018-11852 Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1 has an uninitialized pointer free in SOCKETS_SetSockOpt. 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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