Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 29, 2026· Updated May 4, 2026
CVE-2026-7423
CVE-2026-7423
Description
Integer underflow in the ICMP and ICMPv6 echo reply handlers in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.4.1 and V4.2.6 allows an adjacent network user to cause a denial of service (device crash) when outgoing ping support is enabled, because header sizes are subtracted from a packet length field without validating the field is large enough, resulting in a heap out-of-bounds read of up to approximately 65KB.
To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to the fixed version when available.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:amazon:freertos-plus-tcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=4.0.0,<4.2.6
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
4- aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-021-aws/nvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/security/advisories/GHSA-7r59-2pgv-9v2rnvdVendor AdvisoryPatch
- github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.2.6nvdRelease Notes
- github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP/releases/tag/V4.4.1nvdRelease Notes
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