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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-2959

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).

HIGH 8.6EPSS 2.69%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.69%). 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 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via MLD 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 unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.6 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 3.1
8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.69% probability · 85th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
oracle/vm virtualbox · opensuse/leap
Source
secalert_us@oracle.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.