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CVE-2019-2508

Published: 16 January 2019

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are prior to 5.2.24 and prior to 6.0.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. 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 3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

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

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
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)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
lunar Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
mantic Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream
Released (5.2.24-dfsg-1)
xenial Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H