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CVE-2012-3371

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3371 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Nova scheduler of OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom and Essex. Authenticated attackers can exploit this by submitting requests with numerous repeated IDs in the os:scheduler_hints section, leading to excessive database lookups and a server hang. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a low severity, with an attack vector of network, medium complexity, requiring authentication, and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2012.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2012.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:essex:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2012.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0185 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 1,636 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: NovaFixed in: 12.0.0a0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-xxgm-qpj5-4886low

OpenStack Nova Scheduler denial of service through scheduler_hints

May 17, 2022

References

bugs.launchpad.net / nova/+bug/1017795
Exploit
github.com / openstack/nova/commit/034762e8060dcf0a11cb039b9d426b0d0bb1801d
ExploitPatch
lists.launchpad.net / openstack/msg14452.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/13
securityfocus.com / bid/54388
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1501-1