7.3highHigh

CVE-2026-77236

Amazon Freertos

Missing minimum size validation in secure context allocation in FreeRTOS-Kernel before 11.3.1 might allow local users to corrupt secure-world heap metadata via an out-of-bounds write with an undersized stack size parameter. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 11.3.1 or later.

Exploitation status

  • A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.

What the metrics mean

  • It is requires local access to the machine.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
7.3 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4
8.3
Weakness
CWE-787
Assigned by
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5

Dates

Published
2026-08-21
Last modified
2026-08-25
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Amazon Freertos10.2.0 - 11.3.1

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References