VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-14818

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.81%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-401
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401

Primary references