{"id":"CVE-2015-5162","aliases":["GHSA-g2j5-7vgx-6xrx","PYSEC-2026-2412","PYSEC-2026-2491","PYSEC-2026-871"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5162","summary":"OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and Nova contain Uncontrolled Resource Consumption","details":"The image parser in OpenStack Cinder prior to 7.0.2, and 8.0.0 and above, prior to 9.0.0; Glance prior to 14.00; and Nova prior to 12.0.4 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. This issue is patched in Cinder 7.0.2 and 9.0.0; Glance 14.0.0; and Nova 12.0.4","published":"2016-10-07T14:59:01Z","modified":"2026-07-13T16:42:50.002649121Z","cvss":{"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"},"epss":{"score":0.03062,"percentile":0.8659,"asOf":"2026-08-22"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"cinder","fixedVersion":"7.0.2"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"cinder","fixedVersion":"9.0.0"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"glance","fixedVersion":"14.0.0"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"nova","fixedVersion":"12.0.4"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/cinder/commit/455b318ced717fb38dfe40014817d78fbc47dea5","label":"openstack/cinder@455b318"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2923.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2991.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0153.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0156.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0165.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0282.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/8"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1449062"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76849"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5162"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openstack/cinder/commit/455b318ced717fb38dfe40014817d78fbc47dea5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/69a9b659fd48aa3c1f84fc7bc9ae236b6803d31f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/6bc37dcceca823998068167b49aec6def3112397"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5162"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268303"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-13T16:42:50.002649121Z"}}