VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-2140

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM

EPSS probability2.11%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2016-04-12

Last modified2026-06-17

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.