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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-77178 EUVD-2026-93418GHSA-65c9-4f8q-72qc

Oracle VM VirtualBox before 7.2.8 allows guest OS users to cause an out-of-bounds write in the host OS in pcnetReceiveNoSync in DevPCNet.cp…

Published Oct 6, 2026 · Updated Oct 6, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Oracle VM VirtualBox before 7.2.8 allows guest OS users to cause an out-of-bounds write in the host OS in pcnetReceiveNoSync in DevPCNet.cpp in the PCNet (Am79C970A) network device model.

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —

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