Out-of-bounds Read in Oracle Vm Virtualbox
CVE-2020-2743
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.36, prior to 6.0.16 and prior to 6.1.2. Easily exploitable 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 unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.0 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.006 (43.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Oracle Vm_virtualbox
- Oracle Corporation Vm Virtualbox — versions unspecified
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-2743?
- CVE-2020-2743 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2020-04-15.
- How severe is CVE-2020-2743?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-2743 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.