CVE-2020-2959

HIGH

Oracle VM VirtualBox <5.2.40-6.1.6 - Unauthenticated RCE

Title source: llm

Description

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).

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00001.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6

EPSS 0.0134

EPSS Percentile 80.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published

Products (2)

opensuse/leap 15.1

oracle/vm_virtualbox < 5.2.40

Published Apr 15, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026