FreeRTOS Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities Threat Alert

Overview

Recently, researchers from Zimperium disclosed 13 critical vulnerabilities in FreeRTOS, including four remote code execution vulnerabilities.

These vulnerabilities are listed as follows:

Reference link:

https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/

Affected Versions

• FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with FreeRTOS+TCP)
• AWS FreeRTOS up to V1.3.1
• WHIS OpenRTOS and SafeRTOS (With WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP components)

Solution

Currently, some vendors, including Amazon, have released patches to fix AWS FreeRTOS (AWS FreeRTOS 1.3.2) and WHIS OpenRTOS and SafeRTOS.

For details, please visit the following link:

https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

As this is an open-source project, researches have decided to wait for 30 days before publishing technical details about the preceding vulnerabilities, to allow enough time for affected vendors to patch the vulnerabilities.

Reference link:

https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/

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