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CVE-2020-10722

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-10722 is an integer overflow vulnerability in DPDK versions 18.05 and above, specifically within the vhost_user_set_log_base() function, which can lead to memory corruption due to a smaller-than-requested memory map. This vulnerability primarily affects products from Canonical, DPDK, Fedora Project, OpenSUSE, and Oracle. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), it requires high privileges for exploitation (PR:H) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H, I:H, A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 18.05CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dpdk:data_plane_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
19.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (23)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 ceph 18.2.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 18.2.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16855-17084Fixed in: 18.2.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19666-17084Fixed in: 18.2.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 ceph 18.2.2-8 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 18.2.2-1
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openvswitch2.11-0:2.11.0-54.20200327gita4efc59.el7fdp
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: openvswitch2.11-0:2.11.0-54.20200327gita4efc59.el8fdp
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ExtrasFixed in: dpdk-0:18.11.8-1.el7_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: dpdk-0:19.11.3-1.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: openvswitch2.11-0:2.11.3-77.el7fdp
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy-0:1.0-17.el7fdp
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: ovn2.11-0:2.11.1-57.el7fdp
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: openvswitch-0:2.9.0-130.el7fdp
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openvswitch2.11-0:2.11.0-54.20200327gita4efc59.el7fdp
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ovn2.11-0:2.11.1-44.el7fdp
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.3Fixed in: openvswitch2.11-0:2.11.0-54.20200327gita4efc59.el7fdp
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.3Fixed in: ovn2.11-0:2.11.1-44.el7fdp
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openvswitch-0:2.9.0-130.el7fdp
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: openvswitch2.13-0:2.13.0-25.el8fdp.1
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)Fixed in: openvswitch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Fast Datapath for RHEL 8Fixed in: openvswitch2.12
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Fast Datapath for RHEL 7Fixed in: openvswitch2.10
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Fast Datapath for RHEL 7Fixed in: openvswitch2.12

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2020-10722Moderate

dpdk: librte_vhost Integer overflow in vhost_user_set_log_base()

May 18, 2020
microsoft2020-May/CVE-2020-10722Moderate

A vulnerability was found in DPDK versions 18.05 and above. A missing check for an integer overflow in vhost_user_set_log_base() could result in a smaller memory map than requested, possibly allowing memory corruption.

May 12, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00045.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.dpdk.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRHKFVV4MRWNNJOYQOVP64L4UVWYPEO4
usn.ubuntu.com / 4362-1
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/05/18/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
PatchThird Party Advisory