CVE-2020-16843

In Firecracker 0.20.x before 0.20.1 and 0.21.x before 0.21.2, the network stack can freeze under heavy ingress traffic

published August 4, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
76.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Firecracker 0.20.x before 0.20.1 and 0.21.x before 0.21.2, the network stack can freeze under heavy ingress traffic. This can result in a denial of service on the microVM when it is configured with a single network interface, and an availability problem for the microVM network interface on which the issue is triggered.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01674 · 76.7th percentile
Published
2020-08-04T19:39Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 AUG 19:39Z
    In Firecracker 0.20.x before 0.20.1 and 0.21.x before 0.21.2, the network stack can freeze under heavy ingress traffic
    cvelistv5