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CVE-2019-2944

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 16, 2019 at 05:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:34 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVM VirtualBox

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.34 and prior to 6.0.14. 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

VM VirtualBox· Oracle
95%
v < 5.2.34v < 6.0.145.2.0 ≤ v < 5.2.346.0.0 ≤ v < 6.0.14
Affected range stops below 5.2.34, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.0.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-02
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.3HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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