Vulnerability · Published Jul 20, 2021 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2021-2442

Medium 6.0

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in VM VirtualBox from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.0Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.24. 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. 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).

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2442
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2442
Ubuntu:25.10	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2442
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2442
Ubuntu:26.10	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2442

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle Corporation	VM VirtualBox	unspecified – before 6.1.24

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html x_refsource_MISC
GLSA-202208-36 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO