CVE-2025-11618

Oct. 10, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

5.3
Medium

Description

A missing validation check in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP's UDP/IPv6 packet processing code can lead to an invalid pointer dereference when receiving a UDP/IPv6 packet with an incorrect IP version field in the packet header. This issue only affects applications using IPv6. We recommend upgrading to the latest version and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Freertos
  • Freertos-plus-tcp
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a freertos freertos-plus-tcp / / / / / / / /

References

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-023/
https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.3.4
https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/security/advisories/GHSA-6fh9-mqxj-hmwj

Tags

CWE-476
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
2025-10-10
CVE-2025-11618

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: LOW
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Oct. 10, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 10, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5

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