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CVE-2020-16843

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-16843 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Amazon Firecracker versions 0.20.x prior to 0.20.1 and 0.21.x prior to 0.21.2. The vulnerability allows an attacker to freeze the network stack of a microVM under heavy ingress traffic, leading to a denial of service for the microVM or its network interface. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, resulting in a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.20.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:firecracker:0.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.21.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:firecracker:0.21.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.21.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:firecracker:0.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/2057
MitigationThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory