CVE-2020-2959

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).

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlVendor Advisory

Published

Apr 15, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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