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CVE-2018-20699

Docker Engine before 18.09 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via a large intege

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.0009
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules3 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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Affected Products & Versions

2
docker engine< 18.09
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

3
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Child Process Of Manage Engine ServiceDesk
producthighMicrosoft Malware Protection Engine Crash
producthighMicrosoft Malware Protection Engine Crash - WER
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Scoring & Timeline

4.9
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD12 Jan 2019 · 02:29 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

5
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2025:03545-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2025:03540-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:15589-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10722-1
rhsaRHSA-2019:0487Low
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/docker/engine/pull/70PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/37967PatchThird Party Advisory
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