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Vulnerability · Published Jul 19, 2022 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2022-21554

Medium 4.4

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 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.0% 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 6.1.36. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20virtualbox-guest-additions6.1.36-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21554
Alpine:v3.21virtualbox-guest-additions6.1.36-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21554
Alpine:v3.22virtualbox-guest-additions6.1.36-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21554
Alpine:v3.23virtualbox-guest-additions6.1.36-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21554
Alpine:v3.24virtualbox-guest-additions6.1.36-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-21554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvirtualboxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSvirtualboxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21554
Ubuntu:25.10virtualboxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSvirtualboxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21554
Ubuntu:26.10virtualboxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21554

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox unspecified – before 6.1.36

References