CVE-2014-2573

The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.2 through 2013.2.2 does not properly put VMs into RESCUE status, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by requesting the VM be put into rescue and then deleting the image.

Published: 2014-03-25 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2573 is rated Low Risk (26.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.70%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2573

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 0.11% 0.70% +0.59%
2 2025-03-30 0.15% 0.11% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2573

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.3 2.0 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
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.
 4.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2573

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-2573

GHSA-jv34-xvjq-ppch · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Nova VMWare driver leaks rescued images

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2573

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-2573 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-2014-2573
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2573
ubuntu negligible CVE-2014-2573 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, saucy, trusty, upstream): DNE 2, ignored 1, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2573

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2573

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack compute 2013.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack compute 2013.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack compute 2013.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2573

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