Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
History

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege-Required Denial of Service in Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.14

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:30:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege-Required Denial of Service in Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.14

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Title Denial of Service via Improper Authorization in VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-749

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Title Denial of Service via Improper Authorization in VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-749

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Description Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published: 2026-08-18T21:03:42.082Z

Updated: 2026-08-19T15:59:59.919Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T22:06:34.619Z

Link: CVE-2026-71137

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-18T21:18:14.560

Modified: 2026-08-20T13:08:14.613

Link: CVE-2026-71137

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