CVE-2020-16843

Published Aug 4, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-8804 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 1:45 PM
Reserved
Aug 4, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 4, 2020, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:58 AM