CVE-2022-21620

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. Difficult to exploit 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 (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-03Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2022.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-03Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2022.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Oct 18, 2022

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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