4.3

CVE-2012-5625: openstack folsom

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-rwhr-h69g-8qmqPYSEC-2012-42PYSEC-2012-41
Published 26-12-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-5625 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in openstack folsom. EPSS estimates a 2.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.02%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-12-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom before 2012.2.2 and Grizzly, when using libvirt and LVM backed instances, does not properly clear physical volume (PV) content when reallocating for instances, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the memory of the previous logical volume (LV).

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.02%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 2.01% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.02%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Openstack2 products
PyPI1 product
  • nova< 12.0.0a0 | < 9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f | All versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 3 products

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