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CVE details

CVE-2023-21898

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. 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: Applies to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later. 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).

Score
5.5 medium
Published
2023-01-18
Links
NVD · cve.org

Affected ports (6)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions-legacyvirtualbox-ose-additions-legacy5.2.44.1501000_11unaddressedvbox@FreeBSD.org
emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions-legacyvirtualbox-ose-additions-nox11-legacy5.2.44.1501000_11unaddressedvbox@FreeBSD.org
emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions-legacyvirtualbox-ose-additions-xlibre-legacy5.2.44.1501000_11unaddressedvbox@FreeBSD.org
emulators/virtualbox-ose-kmod-legacyvirtualbox-ose-kmod-legacy5.2.44.1501000_7unaddressedvbox@FreeBSD.org
emulators/virtualbox-ose-legacyvirtualbox-ose-legacy5.2.44_36unaddressedvbox@FreeBSD.org
emulators/virtualbox-ose-legacyvirtualbox-ose-nox11-legacy5.2.44_36unaddressedvbox@FreeBSD.org

Template for a VuXML entry

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  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>virtualbox-ose-additions-legacy</name>
	<range><lt>6.1.42</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>virtualbox-ose-additions-nox11-legacy</name>
	<range><lt>6.1.42</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>virtualbox-ose-additions-xlibre-legacy</name>
	<range><lt>6.1.42</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>virtualbox-ose-kmod-legacy</name>
	<range><lt>6.1.42</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>virtualbox-ose-legacy</name>
	<range><lt>6.1.42</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>virtualbox-ose-nox11-legacy</name>
	<range><lt>6.1.42</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle
	Virtualization (component: Core).  Supported versions that are
	affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and  prior to 7.0.6. 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: Applies
	to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later. 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).</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2023-21898</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21898</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2023-01-18</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-25</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>