Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-5162

Title: Openstack Cinder Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-5162.

CWE Category CWE-399
Published Date Oct 07, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-5162: The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.0.4 and 13.0.0 does not properly limit qemu-img calls, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and disk consumption) via a crafted disk image.

Impacted Vendors

O
openstack 3
G
glance_project 1
P
panic 1

Reference Links

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2923.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2991.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0153.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0156.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0165.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0282.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76849 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1449062 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2923.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2991.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0153.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0156.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0165.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0282.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76849 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1449062
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-5162 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.