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CVE-2014-9623

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9623 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenStack Glance versions 2014.2.x through 2014.2.1, 2014.1.3, and earlier, affecting OpenStack and Red Hat distributions. An authenticated remote attacker can bypass storage quotas and consume excessive disk space by deleting an image while it is in a "saving" state. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2014.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2014.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2014.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2014.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2014.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2014.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2014.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 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 0.1 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 (6)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: glanceFixed in: 11.0.0a0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed in: openstack-glance-0:2014.1.4-1.el6ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-glance-0:2014.1.4-1.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-glance-0:2014.2.2-1.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-glanceclient-1:0.14.2-2.el7ost
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: openstack-glance

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-j4mh-9wq6-8rg6medium

OpenStack Glance Bypass the storage quota and Denial of service

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-9623Low

openstack-glance: user storage quota bypass

Jan 16, 2015

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0644.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0837.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0838.html
bugs.launchpad.net / glance/+bug/1383973
bugs.launchpad.net / glance/+bug/1398830
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/62165
security.openstack.org / ossa/OSSA-2015-003.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/4
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html