7.5 HIGH
- CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
- Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
- Attack Complexity (AC): High (H)
- Privileges Required (PR): High (H)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Scope (S): Changed (C)
- Confidentiality (C): High (H)
- Integrity (I): High (H)
- Availability (A): High (H)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): High (H)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): High (H)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
- Modified Scope (MS): Changed (C)
- Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
- Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
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Out-of-bounds Write in Firecracker virtio-pci Transport
An out-of-bounds write issue in the virtio PCI transport in Amazon 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.
References
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https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/security/advisories/GHSA-776… third-party-advisory
Ignored references (1)
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https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-015-aws/ vendor-advisory
Affected products
- ==1.15.1
- ==1.14.4
- ==1.15.0
- =<1.14.3
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.firecracker
Secure, fast, minimal micro-container virtualization
Package maintainers
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@thoughtpolice Austin Seipp <aseipp@pobox.com>
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@techknowlogick techknowlogick <techknowlogick@gitea.com>
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@qjoly Quentin JOLY <github@une-pause-cafe.fr>
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@usertam Samuel Tam <code@usertam.dev>