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CVE-2020-14703: 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 e...
CVE-2020-14703 · published 6 years ago
Summary
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 ...
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The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| oracle | vm_virtualbox |
< 5.2.44 >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.24 >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | leap |
15.1 15.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Original advisory text
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 e...
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. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00068.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00079.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-905/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit
- Gives an attacker partial control
Type
CWE-908Use of Uninitialized Resource
Timeline
Published15 Jul 2020
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2020-14703 · NVD
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