CVE-2013-4463
lowpriority · track · 8EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) via a compressed QCOW2 image. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2096.
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affected products (5)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-5644-2v3h-5w4xOpenStack Nova denial of service through compressed disk images2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) via a compressed QCOW2 image. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2096.
- PYSEC-2026-865OpenStack Nova denial of service through compressed disk images2026-07-06vendor · osvUS
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) via a compressed QCOW2 image. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2096.
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references (12)
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0112.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/31/3cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2247-1cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1206081cnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0112.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/31/3enisa_euvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2247-1enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1206081enisa_euvd
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