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high 7.5

CVE-2019-14818 json

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…

published 2019-11-14 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-5947

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • dpdk data_plane_development_kit 16.11.10, 17.11.8, 18.11.4, 19.08.1
  • dpdk Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 18.11.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14818

  • dpdk Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 17.11.8-0~ubuntu18.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14818

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  • dpdk RHEL 8 19.11-4.el8
  • dpdk-tools RHEL 8 19.11-4.el8
  • dpdk RHEL 7 EXTRAS_OTHER 18.11.5-1.el7_8
  • dpdk-tools RHEL 7 EXTRAS_OTHER 18.11.5-1.el7_8
  • openvswitch RHEL 7 2.9.0-124.el7fdp
  • openvswitch-test RHEL 7 2.9.0-124.el7fdp
  • python-openvswitch RHEL 7 2.9.0-124.el7fdp
  • openvswitch-ovn-host RHEL 7 2.9.0-124.el7fdp

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1735RHSA-2020:1226RHSA-2020:0165RHSA-2020:0166RHSA-2020:0172RHSA-2020:0171

  • dpdk SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3-LTSS, SLES 12 SP3-BCL +4 more 16.11.9-8.15.13
  • dpdk-thunderx SLES 12 SP3-LTSS, Enterprise Storage 5 16.11.9-8.15.10
  • dpdk SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP4 17.11.7-5.6.2
  • dpdk-thunderx SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP4 17.11.7-5.6.2
  • dpdk SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 18.11.3-4.3.1
  • dpdk SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 18.11.3-3.6.1
  • dpdk-thunderx SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 18.11.3-3.6.1
  • dpdk SLE Module for Server Applications 15 18.11.3-3.16.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:2194-1SUSE-SU-2020:1430-1SUSE-SU-2020:0439-1SUSE-SU-2020:0412-1SUSE-SU-2019:3179-1SUSE-SU-2019:3032-1

  • dpdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 19.11.8-2.7

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10727-1

  • openvswitch Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 2.12.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-14818

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14818 updated cvss 7.5

dpdk: possible memory leak leads to denial of service

  • Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 7 openvswitch2.10, openvswitch2.10-test, python-openvswitch2.10, openvswitch2.10-ovn-host, openvswitch2.10-ovn-vtep, openvswitch2.10-ovn-common, +1 more Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 ceph, librbd1, librgw2, rbd-nbd, ceph-mds, ceph-mgr, +27 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) openvswitch, openvswitch-test, python-openvswitch, openvswitch-ovn-host, openvswitch-ovn-vtep, openvswitch-ovn-common, +2 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) openvswitch
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openvswitch 2.9.0-124.el7fdp, openvswitch2.11 2.11.0-35.el7fdp, openvswitch2.12 2.12.0-12.el7fdp, openvswitch-test 2.9.0-124.el7fdp, python-openvswitch 2.9.0-124.el7fdp, openvswitch-ovn-host 2.9.0-124.el7fdp, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0165
  • Red Hat Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 openvswitch2.11 2.11.0-35.el8fdp, openvswitch2.12 2.12.0-12.el8fdp, openvswitch2.11-test 2.11.0-35.el8fdp, openvswitch2.12-test 2.12.0-12.el8fdp, python3-openvswitch2.11 2.11.0-35.el8fdp, python3-openvswitch2.12 2.12.0-12.el8fdp, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0171
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras dpdk 18.11.5-1.el7_8, dpdk-tools 18.11.5-1.el7_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1226
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) dpdk 19.11-4.el8, dpdk-tools 19.11-4.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1735
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 python-manila 6.3.2-1.el7ost, python-os-vif 1.9.2-1.el7ost, python2-os-vif 1.9.2-1.el7ost, python-novajoin 1.3.0-1.el7ost, rhosp-release 13.0.11-1.el7ost, openstack-manila 6.3.2-1.el7ost, +36 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS Server python-manila 6.3.2-1.el7ost, python-os-vif 1.9.2-1.el7ost, python2-os-vif 1.9.2-1.el7ost, python-novajoin 1.3.0-1.el7ost, rhosp-release 13.0.11-1.el7ost, openstack-manila 6.3.2-1.el7ost, +33 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2020:0769
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 Management Agent for RHEL 7.6 EUS Hosts openvswitch 2.9.0-124.el7fdp, python-openvswitch 2.9.0-124.el7fdp, openvswitch-ovn-host 2.9.0-124.el7fdp, openvswitch-ovn-common 2.9.0-124.el7fdp
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0165
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  • Red Hat Fast Datapath for RHEL 8 openvswitch, openvswitch2.10 Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 ceph, librbd1, librgw2, ceph-mds, ceph-mgr, ceph-mon, +15 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) dpdk
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • DPDK dpdk

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.