CVE-2013-4469

Exp

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana, when use_cow_images is set to False, does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) by transferring an image with a large virtual size that does not contain a large amount of data from Glance. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2096.

Published: 2013-11-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4469 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-4469

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4469

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 0.06% 0.44% +0.38%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4469

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4469

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-4469

GHSA-2w87-5qcj-j6gx · Severity: low · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Compute (Nova) Denial of service due to improper validation of virtual size of QCOW2 image

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4469

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-4469 low 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-2013-4469
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4469
ubuntu low CVE-2013-4469 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 7 status rows across 7 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): DNE 2, ignored 2, released 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4469

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4469

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack folsom — cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack grizzly — cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack havana — cpe:2.3:a:openstack:havana:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4469

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