In Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK) before 19.01, a malicious vhost client (i.e., virtual machine) could carefully construct a circular descriptor chain that would result in a partial denial of service in the SPDK vhost target, because the vhost target did not properly detect such chains.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-9547 is rated Low Risk (38.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.36% | 0.30% | -0.06% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.30% | 0.36% | +0.06% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.30% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | 3.0 | MEDIUM |
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3.9 | 1.4 | [email protected] |
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| spdk | storage_performance_development_kit | < 19.01 | cpe:2.3:a:spdk:storage_performance_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/spdk/spdk/commit/eca42c66092b9031711afe215fbc1891ee55f143 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/spdk/spdk/releases/tag/v19.01 | Third Party Advisory |