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CVE-2012-5625

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5625 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom before 2012.2.2 and Grizzly, specifically when using libvirt with LVM-backed instances. The flaw allows attackers to retrieve sensitive data from previously allocated logical volumes due to improper clearing of physical volume content during reallocation. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure. 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:folsom:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0201 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (3)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-rwhr-h69g-8qmqmedium

OpenStack Nova Information leak in libvirt LVM-backed instances

May 17, 2022

References

osvdb.org / 88419
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html
bugs.launchpad.net / nova/+bug/1070539
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f
Patch
github.com / openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354
Patch
launchpad.net / nova/folsom/2012.2.2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5
securityfocus.com / bid/56904
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1663-1
Patch