5.3

CVE-2016-2140: openstack nova

CVSS: 5.3v3.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-49jv-37hm-6gfpPYSEC-2026-864RHSA-2016:0363
Published 12-04-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2140 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in openstack nova. EPSS estimates a 2.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.11%
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 · Related 2
SUSE-SU-2016:2143-1USN-3449-1

Timeline

  1. 12-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw storage and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.11% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.11%

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

Redhat16 products
  • openstack-nova< 0:2015.1.2-18.2.el7ost | < 0:2014.2.3-54.2.el7ost | < 0:2014.1.5-29.el7ost | < 0:2014.1.5-29.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-api< 0:2015.1.2-18.2.el7ost | < 0:2014.2.3-54.2.el7ost | < 0:2014.1.5-29.el7ost | < 0:2014.1.5-29.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-cells< 0:2015.1.2-18.2.el7ost | < 0:2014.2.3-54.2.el7ost | < 0:2014.1.5-29.el7ost | < 0:2014.1.5-29.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-cert< 0:2015.1.2-18.2.el7ost | < 0:2014.2.3-54.2.el7ost | < 0:2014.1.5-29.el7ost | < 0:2014.1.5-29.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-common< 0:2015.1.2-18.2.el7ost | < 0:2014.2.3-54.2.el7ost | < 0:2014.1.5-29.el7ost | < 0:2014.1.5-29.el6ost
Debian1 product
  • nova< 2:13.0.0-1
Openstack1 product
  • nova≥ 12.0.0, < 12.0.3 | ≥ 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.4
PyPI1 product
  • nova≥ 12.0.0, < 12.0.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • nova< 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7

5 vendors · 20 products

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