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title: "CVE-2016-0495\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-0495

Publication date 21 January 2016

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 4.3.36 and 5.0.14 allows remote attackers
to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Core.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0495?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| virtualbox | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 5.0.14-dfsg-0ubuntu1.15.10.1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.15.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |

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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)

## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

"VirtualBox prior to 4.3.36, prior to 5.0.14"

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

likely not-affected for precise, not listed in matrix for
this CVE

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0495)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0495)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-0495)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0495)

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html#AppendixOVIR>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0495>
