CVE-2016-2140

medium
Published 2022-05-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
5.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2140

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2140.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:13.0.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:13.0.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:13.0.0-1
debian debiansidfixed2:13.0.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:13.0.0-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPInova>=12.0.0,<12.0.312.0.3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openstacknova{"startIncluding":"12.0.0","endExcluding":"12.0.3"}12.0.3

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.