CVE-2024-21161

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 7.0.20. 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. Note: This vulnerability applies to Linux hosts only. 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).

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2024.html	Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2024.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

26 Mar 2025, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-400

Information

Published : 2024-07-16 23:15

Updated : 2025-03-26 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-21161

Mitre link : CVE-2024-21161

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-21161

JSON object : View

Products Affected

oracle

vm_virtualbox

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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