CVE-2024-28115: amazon freertos Improper Access Control
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-28115 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Access Control vulnerability in amazon freertos. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 07-03-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 28-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
FreeRTOS is a real-time operating system for microcontrollers. FreeRTOS Kernel versions through 10.6.1 do not sufficiently protect against local privilege escalation via Return Oriented Programming techniques should a vulnerability exist that allows code injection and execution. These issues affect ARMv7-M MPU ports, and ARMv8-M ports with Memory Protected Unit (MPU) support enabled (i.e. `configENABLE_MPU` set to 1). These issues are fixed in version 10.6.2 with a new MPU wrapper.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.24%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
14%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.24% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Amazon1 product
- freertos< 10.6.2
Freertos1 product
- freertos-kernel< 10.6.2
2 vendors · 2 products
References
2 links- github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Kernel/security/advisories/GHSA-xcv7-v92w-gq6rX Refsource CONFIRMTechnical DescriptionVendor Advisory