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CVE-2018-20699
Published:January 12, 2019
Updated:July 21, 2026
Docker Engine before 18.09 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via a large integer in a --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus value, related to daemon/daemon_unix.go, pkg/parsers/parsers.go, and pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go.
Related Resources (6)
https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/37967
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20699
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20699
https://github.com/docker/engine/pull/70
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20699
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0487
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-400
EPSS
Base Score:
2.23