CVE-2025-11616: amazon freertos-plus-tcp Buffer Over-read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-11616 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Buffer Over-read vulnerability in amazon freertos-plus-tcp. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 10-10-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 10-10-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A missing validation check in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP's ICMPv6 packet processing code can lead to an out-of-bounds read when receiving ICMPv6 packets of certain message types which are smaller than the expected size. These issues only affect applications using IPv6. Users should upgrade to the latest version and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST5.3MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/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
- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
0.31%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
22%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.31% on 19-09-2026
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-plus-tcp≥ 4.0.0, < 4.3.4
Aws1 product
- freertos-plus_tcp≥ 4.0.0, < 4.3.4
2 vendors · 2 products
References
3 links- aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-023/Vendor Advisory
- github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/security/advisories/GHSA-8j9h-xjm9-8j6jThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory