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CVE-2020-2959

Published: 15 April 2020

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via MLD 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 8.6 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.6

Score breakdown

Status

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

eoan Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (6.1.6-dfsg-1)
xenial Needs triage

hirsute Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
focal
Released (6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.1)
groovy
Released (6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.10.1)
impish Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
jammy Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
lunar Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)
mantic Not vulnerable
(6.1.18-dfsg-5)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.6
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H