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CVE-2021-32020

The kernel in Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS before 10.4.3 has insufficient bounds checking during...

9.8 Critical

The kernel in Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS before 10.4.3 has insufficient bounds checking during management of heap memory.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.30%Up 0.9 points since May 4, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

The kernel in Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS before 10.4.3 has insufficient bounds checking during management of heap memory.

Record
CVE-2021-32020
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The kernel in Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS before 10.4.3 has insufficient bounds checking during management of heap memory.

Record
CVE-2021-32020
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-18887 No score

The kernel in Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS before 10.4.3 has insufficient bounds checking during management of heap memory.

Record
EUVD-2021-18887
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8pwj-qgrj-p95h No score

The kernel in Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS before 10.4.3 has insufficient bounds checking during...

The kernel in Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS before 10.4.3 has insufficient bounds checking during management of heap memory.

Record
GHSA-8pwj-qgrj-p95h
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-32020 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Amazon Freertos, published May 3, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.30%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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