Kindle Voyage (7th Generation) End of Life Date
Kindle Voyage (7th Generation) end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data reconciled from official vendor documentation and endoflife.date at every build; the source of each date is on the product page.
Kindle voyage-7 was released on November 4, 2014 and support ended on April 1, 2021 — a supported lifespan of 6 years and 5 months, in line with the 6 years and 5 months median for Kindle releases. The last patch it will ever receive is 5.13.6, published April 1, 2021 — on the day support ended. It has been without security patches for 5 years and 6 months. 9 newer Kindle releases have shipped since.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kindle (1st Generation) | 1.2.1 | Supported | EOL |
| Kindle (2nd Generation) | 2.5.8 | Supported | EOL |
| Kindle DX (2nd Generation) | 2.5.8 | Supported | EOL |
| Kindle Keyboard (3rd Generation) | 3.4.3 | Supported | EOL |
| Kindle Touch (4th Generation) | 5.3.7.3 | Supported | EOL |
| Kindle (4th Generation) | 4.1.4 | Supported | EOL |
| Kindle (5th Generation) | 4.1.4 | Supported | EOL |
| Kindle Paperwhite (5th Generation) | 5.6.1.1 | Jun 26, 2015 | EOL |
What does Kindle Voyage (7th Generation) end of life mean?
When Kindle Voyage (7th Generation) reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches for this version. CVEs discovered after the EOL date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database with no patch available. Exploit code frequently appears on GitHub within days of disclosure.
The CVE blind spot: A CVE-based scan does not show the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. Running Kindle Voyage (7th Generation) past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to Kindle Scribe (3rd Generation) or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.