Division by Zero Vulnerability in Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS and WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect
CVE-2018-16523

7.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor: Amazon
Status: Amazon Web Services Freertos; Freertos
Vendor: CVE Published:; 6 December 2018

What is CVE-2018-16523?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS versions up to 1.3.1 and FreeRTOS up to version 10.0.1, which includes FreeRTOS+TCP, along with the WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component, exhibit a vulnerability that allows division by zero in the prvCheckOptions function. This flaw could potentially lead to unexpected behavior in applications utilizing these components, compromising both reliability and security in systems dependent on these technologies.