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CVE-2023-21886

Published: 18 January 2023

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. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
virtualbox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream
Released (6.1.42, 7.0.6)
xenial Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H