01 Record
CVE-2019-18960
Firecracker vsock implementation buffer overflow in versions 0.18.0 and 0.19.0. This can result in potentially exploitable crashes.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Firecracker vsock implementation buffer overflow in versions 0.18.0 and 0.19.0. This can result in potentially exploitable crashes.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-11 12:25Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 02:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-11-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9dd737525b3c46a3f85ee7e75681c04bfa24cb41a8db82fbbb0d0da080fd63a9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/10/1
- github.comhttps://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/1462
- github.comhttps://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/tag/v0.19.1
- github.comhttps://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/tag/v0.18.1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220911 Re: CVE-2019-18960: Firecracker v0.18.0 and v0.19.0 vsock buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/11/2