CVE-2019-14818 vulnerability in Dpdk and Other Products
Published on November 14, 2019
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Leak Vulnerability?
The software does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is often triggered by improper handling of malformed data or unexpectedly interrupted sessions. In some languages, developers are responsible for tracking memory allocation and releasing the memory. If there are no more pointers or references to the memory, then it can no longer be tracked and identified for release.
CVE-2019-14818 has been classified to as a Memory Leak vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-14818
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Affected Versions
dpdk:- Version all dpdk version 17.x.x before 17.11.8 is affected.
- Version all dpdk version 16.x.x before 16.11.10 is affected.
- Version all dpdk version 18.x.x before 18.11.4 is affected.
- Version all dpdk version 19.x.x before 19.08.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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