Vulnerability · Published Jul 15, 2020 · Assigned by oracle
CVE-2020-14711
Medium 6.5
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 39% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.44, prior to 6.0.24 and prior to 6.1.12. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: The CVE-2020-14711 is applicable to macOS host only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/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-2020-14711 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | virtualbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14711 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | virtualbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14711 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | virtualbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14711 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | virtualbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14711 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Corporation | VM VirtualBox | unspecified – before 5.2.44unspecified – before 6.0.24unspecified – before 6.1.12 |
References
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html x_refsource_MISC
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1486 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1511 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- GLSA-202101-09 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO