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CVE-2014-3608

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3608 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions prior to 2014.1.3, specifically affecting the VMWare driver. Authenticated remote users can bypass quota limits by manipulating VM states (rescue, suspend, error) and then deleting the image, leading to resource exhaustion. With a CVSS score of 2.7, this vulnerability has a low severity, requiring network access and authentication, and primarily impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2013.2, <= 2013.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2014.1, < 2014.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.7LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
5.1
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 85 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, 0.0 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 2014.1.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed in: openstack-nova-0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-nova-0:2014.1.3-4.el7ost
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: openstack-nova

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-92hc-c226-32q7medium

OpenStack Compute (Nova)'s VMWare driver vulnerable to denial of service

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-3608Moderate

openstack-nova: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2573, Nova VMware driver still leaks rescued images

Oct 2, 2014

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1781.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1782.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net / nova/+bug/1338830
ExploitThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / oss-sec/2014/q4/65
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/70220
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry