CVE-2013-0208

The boot-from-volume feature in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom and Essex, when using nova-volumes, allows remote authenticated users to boot from other users' volumes via a volume id in the block_device_mapping parameter.

Published: 2013-02-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-0208 is rated Moderate Risk (56.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.50%). EPSS rose +1.55% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0208

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 0.95% 2.50% +1.55%
2 2025-12-14 1.15% 0.95% -0.19%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.15% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0208

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0208

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0208

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-0208 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-2013-0208
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0208
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0208 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 3, DNE 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0208

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-0208

Comment: Per http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1709-1/ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 11.10

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0208

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack essex — cpe:2.3:a:openstack:essex:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack folsom — cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 11.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0208

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