CVE-2013-6437

MediumCVSS 4.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by creating and deleting instances with unique os_type settings, which triggers the creation of a new ephemeral disk backing file.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 6, 2014
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2013-6437: Medium severity, CVSS 4.0 | Vulnix