Threat Encyclopedia

Security Vulnerability CVE-2023-21898 in VirtualBox

Description

Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. 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: Applies to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later.

Affected Applications

VirtualBox

CVE References

CVE-2023-21898

Other References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/