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CVE-2021-2475

Published: 20 October 2021

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.28. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.4

Score breakdown

Status

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

lunar Not vulnerable
(6.1.38-dfsg-3)
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream
Released (6.1.28-dfsg-1)
xenial Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic Not vulnerable
(6.1.38-dfsg-3)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.4
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H