Buffer overflow in Amazon Firecracker
CVE-2019-18960
Firecracker vsock implementation buffer overflow in versions 0.18.0 and 0.19.0. This can result in potentially exploitable crashes.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (87.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Amazon Firecracker — versions 0.18.0, 0.19.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/10/1 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/1462 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/tag/v0.19.1 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/tag/v0.18.1 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/11/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-18960?
- CVE-2019-18960 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Amazon Firecracker, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-12-11.
- How severe is CVE-2019-18960?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.