Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. Difficult to exploit 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 (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 5.6 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html |
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History
Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Title | Denial of Service via Crash in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16 | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 |
Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. Difficult to exploit 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 (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 5.6 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H). | |
| First Time appeared |
Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: oracle
Published: 2026-10-20T21:23:59.582Z
Updated: 2026-10-20T21:23:59.582Z
Reserved: 2026-09-08T21:49:12.410Z
Link: CVE-2026-87311
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-20T22:20:08.387
Modified: 2026-10-21T18:44:19.627
Link: CVE-2026-87311
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