CVE-2012-5625
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
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).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-212
- EPSS score
- 1.4% (72th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0024)
- Published
- December 26, 2012
- NVD last modified
- October 30, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0024 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 30, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openstack / folsom
- openstack / grizzly
References
- http://osvdb.org/88419
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0208.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56904
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1663-1(Patch)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0208
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5625
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1070539
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884293
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9d2ea970422591f8cdc394001be9a2deca499a5f(Patch)
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a99a802e008eed18e39fc1d98170edc495cbd354(Patch)
- https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.2
Last updated November 1, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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