Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-7960

Title: Openstack Swift

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-7960.

CWE Category CWE-399

Published Date Oct 17, 2014

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.02%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-7960: OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count and other metadata constraints via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when combined.

Impacted Vendors

apple 1

openstack 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00025.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0835.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0836.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1495.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/07/39 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/7 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70279 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2704-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1365350 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96901 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00025.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0835.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0836.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1495.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/07/39 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/7 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70279 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2704-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1365350 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96901

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-7960 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 17, 2014 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.