CVE-2024-21161

MEDIUM

Oracle VM VirtualBox < 7.0.20 - Denial of Service via Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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).

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (1)
oracle/vm_virtualbox < 7.0.20
Published Jul 16, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026