What is CVE-2016-5538?

CVE-2016-5538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2016-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-5538?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox

CVE-2016-5538

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component before 5.0.28 and 5.1.x before 5.1.8 in Oracle Virtualization allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Core, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5501.

EPSS: 0.004 (34.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Oracle Vm_virtualbox — versions 5.0.27, 5.1.7
N/a — versions n/a

References

secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secalert_us@oracle.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert_us@oracle.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5538?: CVE-2016-5538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2016-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-5538?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.