CVEPublished 2026-04-24Modified 2026-06-010 articles on news6 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2026-5265

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
25
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 75% of all CVEs
Description

When generating an ICMP Destination Unreachable or Packet Too Big response, the handler copies a portion of the original packet into the ICMP error body using the IP header's self-declared total length (ip_tot_len for IPv4, ip6_plen for IPv6) without validating it against the actual packet buffer size. A VM can send a short packet with an inflated IP length field that triggers an ICMP error (e.g., by hitting a reject ACL), causing ovn-controller to read heap memory beyond the valid packet data and include it in the ICMP response sent back to the VM.

Timeline
Published 2026-04-24
Modified 2026-06-01

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