CVE-2025-21533

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS Score

Published: January 21, 2025 at 08:53 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:43 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorVM VirtualBox

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Severity

MEDIUM5.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

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 7.0.24 and prior to 7.1.6. 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Affected

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

VM VirtualBox · Oracle

95%

v < 7.0.24v < 7.1.67.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.247.1.0 ≤ v < 7.1.6prior_to_7.0.24 prior_to_7.1.6

Affected range stops below 7.0.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.1.6, 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

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2025.html

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2025.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

5.5MEDIUMoracle

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-863

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