CVE-2012-3371

Exp

The Nova scheduler in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when DifferentHostFilter or SameHostFilter is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (excessive database lookup calls and server hang) via a request with many repeated IDs in the os:scheduler_hints section.

Published: 2012-07-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-3371 is rated Exploit Available (56.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.85%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2012-3371

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3371

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 0.88% 1.85% +0.97%
2 2025-03-30 1.67% 0.88% -0.79%
3 2025-03-29 1.67%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3371

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3371

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-3371

GHSA-xxgm-qpj5-4886 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Nova Scheduler denial of service through scheduler_hints

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-3371

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-3371 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-2012-3371
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-3371 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): DNE 2, not-affected 2, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3371

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3371

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack compute 2012.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack essex 2012.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:essex:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack folsom 2012.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3371

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