Security fix · CVE-2025-11616
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 s
Published Oct 10, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 10, 2025 · FreeRTOS-Plus_TCP
Last checked Nov 5, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-11616. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of FreeRTOS-Plus_TCP is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.31%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor aws FreeRTOS-Plus_TCP 4.0.0 <4.3.4
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.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor aws FreeRTOS-Plus_TCP 4.0.0 <4.3.44.0.0 <4.3.4
How to fix CVE-2025-11616
Upgrade
CVE-2025-11616 lists a fix boundary at 4.3.4. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 4.0.0 <4.3.4
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-11616. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of FreeRTOS-Plus_TCP is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with aws FreeRTOS-Plus_TCP 4.0.0 <4.3.4 4.0.0 <4.3.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.31%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 10, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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.
Oct 10, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-11616
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-11616
30-day exploitation probability 0.31%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-33754
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 upgrad
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 5, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSNov 5, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
- EUVDOct 23, 2026