CVE-2014-8750

Description

Race condition in the VMware driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2 before 2014.2rc1 allows remote authenticated users to access unintended consoles by spawning an instance that triggers the same VNC port to be allocated to two different instances.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.34% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory openstack.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1357372 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60227 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1689.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1782.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1781.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/14/9 third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-October/000293.html vendor advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70182 third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-8750?
CVE-2014-8750 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-8750?
To fix CVE-2014-8750, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-8750 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-8750 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
This platform uses data from the NIST NVD, MITRE CVE, MITRE CWE, First.org and CISA KEV but is not endorsed or certified by these entities. CVE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. CWE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CWE content is MITRE's CWE web site.
© 2025 Under My Watch. All Rights Reserved.