CVE-2026-5265CWE-130

Ovn: ovn: heap over-read in icmp error response generation

Medium · published April 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00660 · 50.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-130 · Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
Published
2026-04-24T12:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 APR 12:25Z
    Ovn: ovn: heap over-read in icmp error response generation
    cvelistv5