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CVE-2014-7960: openstack swift Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 4.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2PYSEC-2026-933RHSA-2015:0835
Published 17-10-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-7960 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openstack swift. EPSS estimates a 3.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.05%
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 3 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 17-10-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count and other metadata constraints via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when combined.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.05%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.05% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.05%

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

Redhat6 products
  • openstack-swift< 0:1.13.1-4.el7ost | < 0:1.13.1-4.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-account< 0:1.13.1-4.el7ost | < 0:1.13.1-4.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-container< 0:1.13.1-4.el7ost | < 0:1.13.1-4.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-doc< 0:1.13.1-4.el7ost | < 0:1.13.1-4.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-object< 0:1.13.1-4.el7ost | < 0:1.13.1-4.el6ost
Debian1 product
  • swift< 2.2.0-1
Openstack1 product
PyPI1 product
  • swift< 2.2.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • swift< 1.13.1-0ubuntu1.2

5 vendors · 10 products

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