CVE - CVE-2020-27174

CVE-ID
CVE-2020-27174	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/2177 MISC:https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/pull/2178 MISC:https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/pull/2179 MLIST:[oss-security] 20201023 CVE-2020-27174: Firecracker serial console emulation may allocate an unbounded amount of memory URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/23/1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20201016	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20201016)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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