What is CVE-2020-10725?

CVE-2020-10725 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2020-10725?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-10725 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit

CVE-2020-10725

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhost-user backend application running on the host, which could result in a loss of connectivity for the other guests running on that host. This is caused by a missing validity check of the descriptor address in the function `virtio_dev_rx_batch_packed()`.

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

Published 2020-05-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (82.6th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit
Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker — versions 3.1.0, 3.2.0
[Unknown] Dpdk — versions 20.02.1, 19.11.2
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32
openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-665 — Improper Initialization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2020-10725

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00045.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/18/2 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10725?: CVE-2020-10725 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dpdk Data Plane Development Kit, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2020-10725?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-10725 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.