Vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox
CVE-2023-21899
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).
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-07
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-21899?
- CVE-2023-21899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-01-18.
- How severe is CVE-2023-21899?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-21899 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.