CVE-2016-2140

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw storage and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450Third Party Advisory
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450Third Party Advisory
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 12, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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