CVE-2015-5162

Exp

The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.0.4 and 13.0.0 does not properly limit qemu-img calls, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and disk consumption) via a crafted disk image.

Published: 2016-10-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5162 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.09%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5162

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5162

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 3.59% 3.09% -0.50%
2 2025-12-14 3.19% 3.59% +0.40%
3 2025-08-17 — 3.19% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5162

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5162

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-5162

GHSA-g2j5-7vgx-6xrx · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and Nova contain Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5162

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2015-5162 low priority: Debian including 3 source packages (cinder, glance, nova), 15 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 15. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5162
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5162
suse medium CVE-2015-5162 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (openstack-cinder, openstack-cinder-api, …), 47 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7): Known Not Affected 47. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5162/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5162 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 8 status rows across 8 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 4, not-affected 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5162

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5162

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack cinder 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:cinder:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack cinder 8.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:cinder:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack cinder 8.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:cinder:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack glance <= 11.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack glance 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack glance 12.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack nova <= 12.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack nova 13.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:13.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5162

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