{"id":"CVE-2015-5162","aliases":["GHSA-g2j5-7vgx-6xrx","PYSEC-2026-871"],"title":"OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and Nova contain Uncontrolled Resource Consumption","summary":"OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and Nova contain Uncontrolled Resource Consumption","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","vendor":"cinder","product":"cinder","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["cinder < 7.0.2","cinder >= 8.0.0, < 9.0.0","glance < 14.0.0","nova < 12.0.4"],"patched":["cinder 7.0.2","cinder 9.0.0","glance 14.0.0","nova 12.0.4"],"published":"2022-05-14","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g2j5-7vgx-6xrx","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5162"},{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/cinder/commit/455b318ced717fb38dfe40014817d78fbc47dea5"},{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/69a9b659fd48aa3c1f84fc7bc9ae236b6803d31f"},{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/6bc37dcceca823998068167b49aec6def3112397"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5162"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268303"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1449062"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2923.html"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2991.html"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0153.html"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0156.html"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0165.html"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0282.html"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/8"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76849"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.02945,"epssPercentile":0.86486,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:49.180Z","slug":"CVE-2015-5162","body":"## Overview\n\nThe image parser in OpenStack Cinder prior to 7.0.2, and 8.0.0 and above, prior to 9.0.0; Glance prior to 14.00; and Nova prior to 12.0.4 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. This issue is patched in Cinder 7.0.2 and 9.0.0; Glance 14.0.0; and Nova 12.0.4\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `cinder < 7.0.2`\n- `cinder >= 8.0.0, < 9.0.0`\n- `glance < 14.0.0`\n- `nova < 12.0.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `cinder 7.0.2`\n- `cinder 9.0.0`\n- `glance 14.0.0`\n- `nova 12.0.4`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":42,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.6,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}