Is CVE-2014-3608 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-3608 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3608?

CVE-2014-3608 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.7 (LOW).

CVE-2014-3608

LOW · CVSS 2.7EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD

The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by putting the VM into the rescue state, suspending it, which puts into an ERROR state, and then deleting the image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2573.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.7 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
EPSS score: 1.7% (78th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2022-3271)
Published: October 6, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3271 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

openstack / nova

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1781.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1782.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/65(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70220(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1338830(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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