CVE-2025-11616 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-11616

Buffer Over-read when receiving improperly sized ICMPv6 packets in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP

Vulnerability Description

A missing validation check in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP's ICMPv6 packet processing code can lead to an out-of-bounds read when receiving ICMPv6 packets of certain message types which are smaller than the expected size. These issues only affect applications using IPv6. Users should upgrade to the latest version and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

FreeRTOS-Plus_TCP
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 10th, 2025
Last Modified: October 10th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)