{"id":"CVE-2014-2573","aliases":["GHSA-jv34-xvjq-ppch","PYSEC-2014-113"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2014-2573","summary":"OpenStack Nova VMWare driver leaks rescued images","details":"The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.2 through 2013.2.2 does not properly put VMs into RESCUE status, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by requesting the VM be put into rescue and then deleting the image.","published":"2014-03-25T16:55:28Z","modified":"2026-04-10T03:43:41.626066Z","cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":{"score":0.00705,"percentile":0.51638,"asOf":"2026-09-16"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"nova","fixedVersion":"12.0.0a0"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b3cc3f62a60662e5bb82136c0cfa464592a6afe9","label":"openstack/nova@b3cc3f6"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/57498"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/21/2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1269418"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2573"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b3cc3f62a60662e5bb82136c0cfa464592a6afe9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/efb66531bc37ee416778a70d46c657608ca767af"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openstack/nova"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2014-113.yaml"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-04-10T03:43:41.626066Z"}}