CVE-2021-2442

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.24. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes 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 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-36Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-36Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlVendor Advisory

Published

Jul 21, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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