CVE-2018-16522
mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.05% (81st) EPSS
CVSS 6.8 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1 has an uninitialized pointer free in SOCKETS_SetSockOpt.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
8.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.1
v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- amazon amazon web services freertos≤ 1.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_web_services_freertos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/cnnvd
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/cnnvd
- https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.mdcnnvd
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/enisa_euvd
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.mdenisa_euvd
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/Third Party Advisorynvd
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