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CVE-2013-6437: openstack nova Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 4.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-hrv9-4x4c-9jc8PYSEC-2026-874DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6437
Published 06-03-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-6437 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openstack nova. EPSS estimates a 2.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
16/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.04%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2014:0231

Timeline

  1. 06-03-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by creating and deleting instances with unique os_type settings, which triggers the creation of a new ephemeral disk backing file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.04%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.04% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.04%

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

Debian1 product
  • nova< 2013.2.2
Openstack1 product
  • nova≥ 2013.1, < 2013.1.5 | ≥ 2013.2, < 2013.2.2 | 2014.1:milestone1
PyPI1 product
  • nova< 12.0.0a0

3 vendors · 3 products

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