CVE-2026-5747CWE-369CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write in Firecracker virtio-pci Transport

High · published April 7, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An out-of-bounds write issue in the virtio PCI transport in Firecracker 1.13.0 through 1.14.3 and 1.15.0 on x86_64 and aarch64 might allow a local guest user with root privileges to crash the Firecracker VMM process or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host via modification of virtio queue configuration registers after device activation. Achieving code execution on the host requires additional preconditions, such as the use of a custom guest kernel or specific snapshot configurations.

To remediate this, users should upgrade to Firecracker 1.14.4 or 1.15.1 and later.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
EPSS
0.00205 · 10.0th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-369 · Divide By Zero; CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-04-07T23:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 APR 23:17Z
    Out-of-bounds Write in Firecracker virtio-pci Transport
    cvelistv5