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CVE-2020-14711

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-07-15 · updated 2026-06-17

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 products

• openSUSE Leap: 15.1, 15.2
• Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox: before 5.2.44; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.24; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.12 — fixed in 5.2.44, 6.0.24, 6.1.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox 5.2.44, 6.0.24, 6.1.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00068.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00079.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00068.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00079.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

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