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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-1664 · published 3 April 2013

CVE-2013-1664: Openstack cinder folsom memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Openstack · Cinder Folsom

The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex, Folsom, and Grizzly; Compute (Nova) Essex and Folsom; Cinder Folsom; Django; and possibly other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 4.9% · top 8.2% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
4.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
6Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex, Folsom, and Grizzly; Compute (Nova) Essex and Folsom; Cinder Folsom; Django; and possibly other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

6 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
http://bugs.python.org/issue17239
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282 Exploit
http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
http://bugs.python.org/issue17239
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282 Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-1664), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.