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CVE-2020-14892

Published: 21 October 2020

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.16. 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. 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).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
virtualbox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
xenial Needs triage

kinetic Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
lunar Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
bionic Needs triage

focal
Released (6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.1)
groovy
Released (6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.10.1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
impish Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
jammy Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.1.16-dfsg-1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H