7.5

CVE-2016-0737: openstack swift Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-972c-cfv8-2hq8PYSEC-2026-929UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0737
Published 29-01-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-0737 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openstack swift. EPSS estimates a 3.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.82%
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 7 · Related 1
RHSA-2016:0126RHSA-2016:0127RHSA-2016:0128RHSA-2016:0155RHSA-2016:0328RHSA-2016:0329

Timeline

  1. 29-01-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.4.0 does not properly close client connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (proxy-server resource consumption) via a series of interrupted requests to a Large Object URL.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.82% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.82%

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
  • swift< 2.4.0-1
Openstack1 product
PyPI1 product
  • swift< 2.4.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • swift< 1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5

4 vendors · 4 products

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