7.5

CVE-2020-27174: amazon firecracker

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 16-10-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-27174 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in amazon firecracker. EPSS estimates a 1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.74%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-10-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Amazon AWS Firecracker before 0.21.3, and 0.22.x before 0.22.1, the serial console buffer can grow its memory usage without limit when data is sent to the standard input. This can result in a memory leak on the microVM emulation thread, possibly occupying more memory than intended on the host.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.74% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.74%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Amazon1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

4 links