CVE-2020-14677
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.44, prior to 6.0.24 and prior to 6.1.12. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-367
- Affected
- oracle/vm virtualbox · opensuse/leap
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00068.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00079.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-893/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00068.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00079.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-893/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.