Is CVE-2018-16601 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-16601 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-16601?

CVE-2018-16601 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-16601?

CVE-2018-16601 has an EPSS score of 4.16% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2018-16601?

No published fix for CVE-2018-16601 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-16601

HIGHEPSS 90th pctl

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with FreeRTOS+TCP), and WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component. A crafted IP header triggers a full memory space copy in prvProcessIPPacket, leading to denial of service and possibly remote code execution.

CWE-191

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

blog.zimperium.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0497	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-36221	High	7.5	84%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-36228	High	7.5	83%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-31102	High	7.8	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-38063	Critical	9.8	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-14496	High	7.5	66%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.