Vulnerability · Published Jul 20, 2021 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2021-2454

High 7.0

In plain English

A high-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 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.5% 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. Difficult to exploit 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2454
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2454
Ubuntu:25.10	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2454
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2454
Ubuntu:26.10	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2454

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