CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2012-5625
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom before 2012.2.2 and Grizzly, when using libvirt and LVM backed instances, does not properly clear physical volume (PV) content when reallocating for instances, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the memory of the previous logical volume (LV).
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 80% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-30)
- CWEs
- CWE-212, CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- openstack:folsom
- openstack:grizzly
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-rwhr-h69g-8qmq | PyPI | nova | <12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
| PYSEC-2012-42 | PyPI | nova | no fix published |