CVE-2020-10724

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: May 19, 2020 at 05:59 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraUbuntu LinuxData Plane Development Kit

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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

A vulnerability was found in DPDK versions 18.11 and above. The vhost-crypto library code is missing validations for user-supplied values, potentially allowing an information leak through an out-of-bounds memory read.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00045.html
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=269
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10724
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4362-1/
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/18/2

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190CWE-125

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