CVE-2025-11617
Buffer Over-read when receiving IPv6 packets with incorrect payload length in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP
A missing validation check in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP's IPv6 packet processing code can lead to an out-of-bounds read when receiving a IPv6 packet with incorrect payload lengths in the packet header. This issue only affects applications using IPv6.
We recommend users upgrade to the latest version and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Buffer Over-read when receiving IPv6 packets with incorrect payload length in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP
A missing validation check in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP's IPv6 packet processing code can lead to an out-of-bounds read when receiving a IPv6 packet with incorrect payload lengths in the packet header. This issue only affects applications using IPv6.
We recommend users upgrade to the latest version and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.
- Record
CVE-2025-11617- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-126
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-33753
A missing validation check in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP's IPv6 packet processing code can lead to an out-of-bounds read when receiving a IPv6 packet with incorrect payload lengths in the packet header. This issue only affects applications using IPv6.
We recommend users upgrade to the latest version and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.
- Record
EUVD-2025-33753- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A missing validation check in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP's IPv6 packet processing code can lead to an out-of-bounds read when receiving a IPv6 packet with incorrect payload lengths in the packet header. This issue only affects applications using IPv6.
We recommend users upgrade to the latest version and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.
- Record
CVE-2025-11617- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS: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 - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-126
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
OSV
Buffer Over-read when receiving IPv6 packets with incorrect payload length in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP
A missing validation check in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP's IPv6 packet processing code can lead to an out-of-bounds read when receiving a IPv6 packet with incorrect payload lengths in the packet header. This issue only affects applications using IPv6.
We recommend users upgrade to the latest version and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.
- Record
CVE-2025-11617- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-126
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | NVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-11617 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Amazon Freertos-plus-tcp, published October 10, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.3.4
aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-023
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11617