CVE-2024-21161

Summary

CVE-2024-21161 is a vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox, a component of Oracle Virtualization. Versions prior to 7.0.20 are vulnerable to exploitation. This issue can be exploited by a low-privileged attacker with access to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox runs, enabling them to cause a hang or frequent crashes, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. This vulnerability poses a significant impact on the availability of the affected systems and has a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 5.5. The vulnerability applies only to Linux hosts.

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