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title: "CVE-2015-4856\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-4856

Publication date 21 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle
Virtualization VirtualBox before 4.0.30, 4.1.38, 4.2.30, 4.3.26, and 5.0.0
allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to
Core.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| virtualbox | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.3.34-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4.1.44-dfsg-1+deb7u1ubuntu1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4856)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4856)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-4856)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4856)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4856>