Insufficient validation of the prefix length field in IPv6 Router Advertisement processing in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.2.6 and V4.4.1 allows an adjacent network actor to cause memory corruption by sending a crafted Router Advertisement with a prefix length value exceeding the maximum valid length, resulting in a heap buffer overflow. Users processing IPv4 RA only are not impacted.
To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to the fixed version when available.
Exploitability
AV:AAC:LAT:PPR:NUI:NVulnerable System
VC:NVI:HVA:HSubsequent System
SC:NSI:NSA:N6.1/CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NMemory Safety