Integer Underflow in ICMP Echo Reply Processing in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 24/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.35% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: AWS FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP 4.2.6, 4.4.1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to AWS FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP 4.2.6, 4.4.1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Integer underflow in the ICMP and ICMPv6 echo reply handlers in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.4.1 and V4.2.6 allows an adjacent network user to cause a denial of service (device crash) when outgoing ping support is enabled, because header sizes are subtracted from a packet length field without validating the field is large enough, resulting in a heap out-of-bounds read of up to approximately 65KB. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to the fixed version when available.
- Published
- Apr 29, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 28th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-191
Report tools
Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · AMZN
- 5.3
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| amazon | freertos-plus-tcp | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:freertos-plus-tcp |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- amazon freertos-plus-tcp4.0.0 and later · before 4.2.6
- amazon freertos-plus-tcp4.3.0 and later · before 4.4.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (AMZN). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
AWS FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP
- 4.2.6, 4.4.1not affected
- 4.0.0 and later · before 4.2.6affected · semver
- 4.3.0 and later · before 4.4.1affected · semver
Same product
amazon: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-38373FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP Buffer Over-Read in DNS Response Parser32Monitor
- CVE-2026-7424Integer Underflow in DHCPv6 Sub-Option Parser in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP28Monitor
- CVE-2026-7422MAC Address Validation Bypass in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP IPv4 and IPv6 Packet Processing28Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-11617Oct 10, 2025 · Buffer Over-read when receiving IPv6 packets with incorrect payload length in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP21Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-11618Oct 10, 2025 · Invalid Pointer Dereference when receiving UDP/IPv6 packets in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP21Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-7425Apr 29, 2026 · Out-of-Bounds Read in Router Advertisement Option Parser in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP24Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| AWS FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP | 4.2.6 | Vendor (CNA) |
| AWS FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP | 4.4.1 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-74240 days apartInteger Underflow in DHCPv6 Sub-Option Parser in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP28Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-191 · Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.