CVE-2015-3289

OpenStack Glance before 2015.1.1 (kilo) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by repeatedly using the import task flow API to create images and then deleting them.

Published: 2015-08-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-3289 is rated Moderate Risk (40.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.31%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3289

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 0.36% 1.31% +0.95%
2 2025-03-30 1.22% 0.36% -0.85%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.22% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3289

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-2015-3289

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3289

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-3289 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (glance), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3289
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3289
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-3289 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (glance), 4 status rows across 4 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid): not-affected 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3289

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3289

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack glance <= 2015.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3289

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