Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-5538

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component before 5.0.28 and 5.1.x before 5.1.8 in Oracle Virtualization allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Core, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5501.

Affected products

Oracle Corporation/Vm Virtualbox2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:5.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:5.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:5.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/virtualbox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 5.1.10-2.5

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93697nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037053nvd

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