6.5

CVE-2014-8750: openstack nova Race Condition

CVSS: 6.5v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2014:1689
Published 15-10-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-8750 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Race Condition vulnerability in openstack nova. EPSS estimates a 2.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.03%
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 2
RHSA-2014:1781RHSA-2014:1782

Timeline

  1. 15-10-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Race condition in the VMware driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2 before 2014.2rc1 allows remote authenticated users to access unintended consoles by spawning an instance that triggers the same VNC port to be allocated to two different instances.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.03%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.03% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.03%

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

Redhat14 products
  • openstack-nova< 0:2013.2.4-2.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-api< 0:2013.2.4-2.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-cells< 0:2013.2.4-2.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-cert< 0:2013.2.4-2.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-common< 0:2013.2.4-2.el6ost
Openstack1 product
  • nova≥ 2014.1, < 2014.1.4 | 2014.2:milestone1 | 2014.2:milestone2 | 2014.2:milestone3

2 vendors · 15 products

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