PT-2019-15736 · Amazon · Firecracker

Acatangiuo · Published 2019-12-11 · Updated 2026-02-18 · CVE-2019-18960

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firecracker versions 0.18.0 through 0.19.0

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the vsock implementation, which can result in potentially exploitable crashes.

Recommendations For versions 0.18.0 and 0.19.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-18960

Affected Products

Firecracker

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18960 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-18960 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/1462 · Note
• https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/tag/v0.19.1 · Note
• https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases · Note
• https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/tag/v0.18.1 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/35987 · Telegram Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/10/1 · Note
• https://twitter.com/EVEZ666/status/2024267569511661650 · Twitter Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/11/2 · Note