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CVE-2018-1059 — The DPDK vhost-user interface does not check to verify that all the requested gu

The DPDK vhost-user interface does not check to verify that all the requested guest physical range is mapped and contiguous when performing Guest Physical Addresses to Host Virtual Addresses translations. This may lead to a malicious guest exposing vhost-user backend process memo

CVSS
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EPSS
0.18% (top 60.20%)
CWE
CWE-200
Published
2018-04-24T18:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-17T00:46:47.514Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

The DPDK vhost-user interface does not check to verify that all the requested guest physical range is mapped and contiguous when performing Guest Physical Addresses to Host Virtual Addresses translations. This may lead to a malicious guest exposing vhost-user backend process memory. All versions before 18.02.1 are vulnerable.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat, Inc.DPDKbefore 18.02.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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