CVE-2014-3559

The oVirt storage backend in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4 does not wipe memory snapshots when deleting a VM, even when wipe-after-delete (WAD) is configured for the VM's disk, which allows remote authenticated users with certain credentials to read portions of the deleted VM's memory and obtain sensitive information via an uninitialized storage volume.

Published: 2014-08-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3559 is rated Low Risk (39.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.44%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.12% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3559

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 0.32% 1.44% +1.12%
2 2025-03-17 0.16% 0.32% +0.16%
3 2023-03-07 0.16%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3559

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:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3559

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3559

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3559

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3559

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat enterprise_virtualization 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3559

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