What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-1059?

CVE-2018-1059 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.1 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.9%.

Dpdk CVE-2018-1059

MEDIUM

Information Exposure (CWE-200)

2018-04-24 secalert@redhat.com

Information Disclosure Red Hat Canonical Ceph Storage Enterprise Linux Ubuntu Linux Openshift Openstack Virtualization Virtualization Manager Dpdk Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath Data Plane Development Kit

6.1

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

View

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness	CWE CWE-200 OWASP Top 10:2025 A01:2025 - Broken Access Control ASVS 5.0 V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention MITRE ATT&CK 2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. Sign in to read
Impact	CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: adjacent network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required.
Exploit ScenarioDerived	An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).

No patch listed yet 0.9% exploitation probability (EPSS)

Get an e-mail when this CVE is exploited, patched or re-scored. Free account.

Alert me

AnalysisAI

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. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Minimize information in error messages, implement proper access controls, encrypt sensitive data at rest and in transit.

Affects your stack

Find out whether the stacks and servers you run are on an affected version.

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as Exposure of Sensitive Information (CWE-200), which allows attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed. 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. Affected products include: Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Redhat Ceph Storage, Redhat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath, Redhat Openshift, Redhat Openstack. Version information: before 18.02.1.

Know when Dpdk gets its next vulnerability

Watch products and get an email when something new is published
Check this CVE against your own stack and servers
Exploit and PoC references, threat intelligence from 22 sources

Continue with Google Continue with GitHub

No credit card · 7-day full trial

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 6.1 MEDIUM

AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

DescriptionNVD

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.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score

0.9%

Top 45% exploitable

Data Quality

2 sources

Confidence: Low

NVD

CVE.org

EPSS

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue

Severity MEDIUM

CISA KEV No

Public POC No

EPSS 0.9%

Patch available No

Active threat No

Deciding rule

MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)

What every action level means

Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.

Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived

Scheduled

Exploitation· derived

None

System Exposure· derived

Controlled

Automatable· derived

Human Impact· derived

Medium

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: +1

CVSS: +30

PoC: 0

Weaponized: 0

Threat intel: 0

Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information Disclosure MEDIUM

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux_fast_datapath:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_manager:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:dpdk:data_plane_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

More in Dpdk

View all

CVE-2022-2132 HIGH This Week POC

8.6 Aug 31

A permissive list of allowed inputs flaw was found in DPDK. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remote

CVE-2026-86567 HIGH This Week

8.8 Oct 14

A use-after-unmap in DPDK's vhost library gives a local attacker who controls a VDUSE (vDPA Device in USErspace) backend

CVE-2026-86848 HIGH This Week

8.8 Oct 14

Guest-to-host out-of-bounds access in DPDK's vhost-crypto backend lets a low-privileged guest VM that is already attache

CVE-2020-14374 HIGH This Week

8.8 Sep 30

A flaw was found in dpdk in versions before 18.11.10 and before 19.11.5. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerabil

CVE-2026-86562 HIGH This Week

7.8 Oct 14

Heap buffer overflow in DPDK's lib/vhost VDUSE control-queue handler allows a local, low-privileged (authenticated) acto

CVE-2026-86563 HIGH This Week

7.8 Oct 14

A double-offset error in DPDK's vhost log-mapping calculation (lib/vhost) lets local attackers with low privileges (PR:L

CVE-2020-14376 HIGH This Week

7.8 Sep 30

A flaw was found in dpdk in versions before 18.11.10 and before 19.11.5. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8). This Buffer Cop

CVE-2020-14375 HIGH This Week

7.8 Sep 30

A flaw was found in dpdk in versions before 18.11.10 and before 19.11.5. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8).

CVE-2020-10725 HIGH This Week

7.7 May 20

A flaw was found in DPDK version 19.11 and above that allows a malicious guest to cause a segmentation fault of the vhos

CVE-2019-14818 HIGH This Week

7.5 Nov 14

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 bef

CVE-2020-14377 HIGH This Week

7.1 Sep 30

A flaw was found in dpdk in versions before 18.11.10 and before 19.11.5. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerabil

CVE-2020-10723 MEDIUM This Month

6.7 May 19

A memory corruption issue was found in DPDK versions 17.05 and above. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerabili

Same weakness CWE-200 – Information Exposure

View all

CVE-2024-24919 HIGH POC

8.6

CVE-2021-41277 HIGH POC

7.5

CVE-2016-6415 HIGH POC

7.5

CVE-2013-7331 MEDIUM POC

6.5

CVE-2025-31125 MEDIUM POC

5.3

CVE-2025-11749 CRITICAL POC

9.8

CVE-2017-16894 HIGH POC

7.5

CVE-2017-11165 CRITICAL POC

9.8

Same technique Information Disclosure

View all

CVE-2019-2725 CRITICAL POC

9.8

CVE-2021-34523 CRITICAL POC

9.0

CVE-2013-2251 CRITICAL POC

9.8

CVE-2017-5638 CRITICAL POC

9.8

CVE-2025-24813 CRITICAL POC

9.8

CVE-2025-68613 HIGH POC

8.8

CVE-2015-1701 HIGH POC

7.8

CVE-2017-0147 HIGH POC

7.5

References

Advisories & patches

REF https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1267 REF https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2038 REF https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2102 REF https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2524 REF https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1059 REF https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1544298 REF https://usn.ubuntu.com/3642-1/ REF https://usn.ubuntu.com/3642-2/

Search Externally

GitHub PoC

Exploit-DB PacketStorm Snyk Rapid7 Nuclei Templates Trickest PoC

Back