CVE-2026-7425 - Out-of-Bounds Read in Router Advertisement Option Parser in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP

CVE-2026-7425 - Out-of-Bounds Read in Router Advertisement Option Parser in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-7425
Published : April 29, 2026, 8:16 p.m. | 3 hours, 58 minutes ago
Description :Insufficient option length validation in the IPv6 Router Advertisement parser in FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP before V4.2.6 and V4.4.1 allows an adjacent network actor to cause a denial of service (device crash) by sending a crafted Router Advertisement with a truncated PREFIX_INFORMATION option that is smaller than the expected structure size. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to the fixed version when available.
Severity: 6.5 | MEDIUM
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