CVE-2012-3221

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-10-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM Virtual Box component in Oracle Virtualization 3.2, 4.0, and 4.1 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to VirtualBox Core. NOTE: The previous information was obtained from the October 2012 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to "incorrect interrupt handling."

Affected products

Oracle Virtualization: 3.2, 4.0, 4.1

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2594
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56045
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027666
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79380
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16681
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2594
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56045
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027666

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