CVE-2022-39421

published 2022-10-18

CVE-2022-39421: Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. Easily…

Priority P3 35 high 7.3 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI R S U C H I H A H

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: This vulnerability applies to Windows systems only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	virtualbox	< virtualbox 6.1.40-dfsg-1 (sid)	virtualbox 6.1.40-dfsg-1 (sid)
oracle	vm_virtualbox	< 6.1.40	6.1.40
oracle_corporation	vm_virtualbox	>= unspecified < 6.1.40	6.1.40

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.3 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

osv 7.3 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.3 HIGH

vendor_oracle 7.3 HIGH

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