Vulnerability in Sun Virtualbox
CVE-2009-3940
Unspecified vulnerability in Guest Additions in Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.x and 2.0.x before 2.0.12, 2.1.x, and 2.2.x, and Sun VirtualBox before 3.0.10, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) on the guest OS via unknown vectors.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sun Virtualbox — versions 2.0.8, 2.0.10, 2.2
- Sun Xvm Virtualbox — versions 1.6, 1.6.0, 1.6.2
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/38420 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-3940?
- CVE-2009-3940 is a vulnerability in Sun Virtualbox. Published 2009-11-16.
- Is CVE-2009-3940 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.