CVE-2012-1585

Exp

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.

Published: 2012-08-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1585 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.07%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.60% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-1585

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1585

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.47% 2.07% +1.60%
2 2025-03-17 0.20% 0.47% +0.27%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.20% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1585

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1585

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-1585

GHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Nova Long server names grow nova-api log files significantly

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1585

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-1585 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nova), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1585
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1585 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): DNE 2, released 2, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1585

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1585

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack nova >= 2011.1, < 2011.3 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1585

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