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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2018-2844 EUVD-2018-14699GHSA-x3vx-44p6-56rg

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are…

Published Apr 19, 2018 · Updated Oct 3, 2024 · Assigned by oracle

Vendor: Oracle Product: VM VirtualBox Package: virtualbox Category: Virtualization Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.36 and Prior to 5.2.10. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Oracle VM VirtualBox unspecified – < 5.1.36, unspecified – < 5.2.10 5.1.36

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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