Nova: Incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2096
Published Nov 2, 2013
1.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.44%
Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana, when use_cow_images is set to False, does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) by transferring an image with a large virtual size that does not contain a large amount of data from Glance. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2096.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3
openstack-nova
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
openstack-nova
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 | openstack-nova | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | openstack-nova | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact. This issue only affects systems that implemented the fix for CVE-2013-2096 (Bz963462) which fails to completely address the problem. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00442) | 36.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00438) | 34.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 16.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/31/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2247-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4469 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1206081 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1023581 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2w87-5qcj-j6gx Advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/135faa7b5d9855312bedc19e5e1ecebae34d3d18
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/3cdfe894ab58f7b91bf7fb690fc5bc724e44066f
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/f6810be4ae1a6c93e7d8017ee67d5344dfdf4a30
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4469
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4469
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/31/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2247-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4469 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1206081 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1023581 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2w87-5qcj-j6gx | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/135faa7b5d9855312bedc19e5e1ecebae34d3d18 | ||
| https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/3cdfe894ab58f7b91bf7fb690fc5bc724e44066f | ||
| https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/f6810be4ae1a6c93e7d8017ee67d5344dfdf4a30 | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4469 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4469 |
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