VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-21898

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

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.33%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: Applies to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: oracle/vm virtualbox
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-07
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-07
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

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