{"id":"CVE-2015-5162","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-5162","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:51:00.003Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2016-10-07T14:59:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:28:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["openstack/cinder","openstack/glance","openstack/nova"],"epss":{"score":0.03088,"percentile":0.87621,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2923.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2991.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0153.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0156.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0165.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0282.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/8","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76849","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1449062","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2923.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2991.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0153.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0156.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0165.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0282.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/8","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76849","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1449062","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5162","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}