CVE-2013-1838

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) does not properly implement a quota for fixed IPs, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and failure to spawn new instances) via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function.

Published: 2013-03-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1838 is rated Moderate Risk (46.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.74%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.31% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1838

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 1.43% 2.74% +1.31%
2 2025-03-30 3.11% 1.43% -1.69%
3 2025-03-29 3.11%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1838

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-2013-1838

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-1838

GHSA-63fq-8fp9-vhwq · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Compute (Nova) Denial of service via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1838

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-1838 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-2013-1838
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1838
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1838 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 3, DNE 2, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1838

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-1838

Impact: Per http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1/ "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-2013-1838

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack essex 2012.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:essex:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack folsom 2012.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack grizzly 2012.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2013-1838

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