Out-of-bounds Read in Red Hat Fast Datapath For Enterprise Linux 8

CVE-2024-11614

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in DPDK's Vhost library checksum offload feature. This issue enables an untrusted or compromised guest to crash the hypervisor's vSwitch by forging Virtio descriptors to cause out-of-bounds reads. This flaw allows an attacker with a malicious VM using a virtio driver to cause the vhost-user side to crash by sending a packet with a Tx checksum offload request and an invalid csum_start offset.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (43.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-11614?
CVE-2024-11614 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Fast Datapath For Enterprise Linux 8, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2024-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-11614?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.