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CVE-2014-2573

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2573 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions 2013.2 through 2013.2.2, specifically impacting the VMWare driver. Authenticated remote users can bypass quota limits and consume resources by initiating a VM rescue operation and then deleting the associated image. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.3, indicating a low severity with an adjacent network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2013.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.3LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
4.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0070 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 27 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 12.0.0a0
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3Fixed in: openstack-nova
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: openstack-nova

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-jv34-xvjq-ppchhigh

OpenStack Nova VMWare driver leaks rescued images

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-2573Moderate

openstack-nova: Nova VMware driver leaks rescued images

Jan 20, 2014

References

bugs.launchpad.net / nova/+bug/1269418
secunia.com / advisories/57498
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/2