Vulnerability in Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit
CVE-2019-14818
A flaw was found in all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8, 16.x.x before 16.11.10, 18.x.x before 18.11.4 and 19.x.x before 19.08.1 where a malicious master, or a container with access to vhost_user socket, can send specially crafted VRING_SET_NUM messages, resulting in a memory leak including file descriptors. This flaw could lead to a denial of service condition.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (86.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit
- Dpdk — versions all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8, all dpdk version 16.x.x before 16.11.10, all dpdk version 18.x.x before 18.11.4
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Red Hat OpenStack — versions 10
- Red Hat Virtualization Eus — versions 4.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0166 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0165 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0168 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0172 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0171 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-14818?
- CVE-2019-14818 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-14.
- How severe is CVE-2019-14818?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-14818 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.