CVE-2019-18178
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CVE-2019-18178 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Real Time Engineers FreeRTOS+FAT 160919a has a use after free. The function FF_Close() is defined in ff_file.c. EPSS estimates a 0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Real Time Engineers FreeRTOS+FAT 160919a has a use after free. The function FF_Close() is defined in ff_file.c. The file handler pxFile is freed by ffconfigFREE, which (by default) is a macro definition of vPortFree(), but it is reused to flush modified file content from the cache to disk by the function FF_FlushCache().
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | Freertos\+Fat | 160919a |
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/bugs/199/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/bugs/199/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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