CVE-2019-18960

moderate-risk
Published 2019-12-11

Firecracker vsock implementation buffer overflow in versions 0.18.0 and 0.19.0. This can result in potentially exploitable crashes.

Do I need to act?

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2.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: bf1239ea99a70486ef38dbaf36dca6fb74561c4a, 9b9030d9f4fcfd3e808166ae8ee2147a9d9249df
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Firecracker
Firecracker

Affected Vendors

Amazon

References (12)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/10/1
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/11/2
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/1462
Release Notes https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases
Release Notes https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/tag/v0.18.1
Release Notes https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/tag/v0.19.1
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/10/1
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/11/2
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/1462
Release Notes https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases
Release Notes https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/tag/v0.18.1
Release Notes https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/tag/v0.19.1
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low