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CVE-2020-14375

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 30, 2020 at 06:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:54 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLeapData Plane Development Kit

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

A flaw was found in dpdk in versions before 18.11.10 and before 19.11.5. Virtio ring descriptors, and the data they describe are in a region of memory accessible by from both the virtual machine and the host. An attacker in a VM can change the contents of the memory after vhost_crypto has validated it. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Affected

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

Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
20.04
Data Plane Development Kit· Dpdk
95%
18.02.1 ≤ v < 18.11.1019.02 ≤ v < 19.11.5
Affected range stops below 18.11.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 19.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%
15.115.2
DPDK· Red Hat
60%
v < 18.11.10
Affected range stops below 18.11.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00006.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/1
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/2
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/04/5
x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1879468
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4550-1/
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/28/3

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-367

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