Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 16, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-21161
CVE-2024-21161
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 7.0.20. 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: This vulnerability applies to Linux hosts only. 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).
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.0.20
- (no CPE)range: <7.0.20
- (no CPE)range: *
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2024.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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