CVE-2019-14818

HIGH

DPDK 16.04-16.11.9, 17.0.0-17.11.7, 18.0.0-18.11.3, 19.0.0-19.08.0 - Use-After-Free via VRING_SET_NUM Messages

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0166
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0165
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0168
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0172
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0171
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14818

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0114
EPSS Percentile 78.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (6)
dpdk/data_plane_development_kit 16.04 - 16.11.10
fedoraproject/fedora 31
redhat/enterprise_linux_fast_datapath 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_fast_datapath 8.0
redhat/openstack 10
redhat/virtualization_eus 4.2
Published Nov 14, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026