CVE-2014-8333

The VMware driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by deleting an instance in the resize state.

Published: 2014-10-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8333 is rated Moderate Risk (44.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.01%). EPSS rose +1.31% 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-2014-8333

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 0.69% 2.01% +1.31%
2 2025-03-30 1.54% 0.69% -0.85%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.54% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8333

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-2014-8333

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-8333

GHSA-g63p-mfcm-54c4 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Nova VMware instance leak potentially leading to compute DoS

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8333

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-8333 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-2014-8333
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8333
ubuntu negligible CVE-2014-8333 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): DNE 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8333

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8333

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat openstack 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack nova >= 2014.1, < 2014.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8333

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