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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-4179 · published 16 September 2013

CVE-2013-4179: Openstack havana memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Openstack · Havana

The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-3, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1664.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.7% · top 14.5% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
2.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-3, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1664.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2005-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1190229 Exploit
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2005-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1190229 Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-4179), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.