CVE-2020-14698 json
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).
published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-6834
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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. Difficult to exploit 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 5.3 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).
Patch / fix
- Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox 5.2.44, 6.0.24, 6.1.12
- virtualbox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14698
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- virtualbox openSUSE Leap 15.1 6.0.24-lp151.2.18.1
- virtualbox openSUSE Leap 15.2 6.1.14-lp152.2.5.1
- virtualbox-kmp openSUSE Leap 15.2 6.1.14-lp152.2.5.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:1511-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1486-1
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2y ago
Exploit prediction
0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00068.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00079.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/202101-09
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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oracle.com
/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
vendor-advisory
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zerodayinitiative.com
/advisories/ZDI-20-901/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-14698
- NVD CVE-2020-14698
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