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CVE-2020-2959

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-15 · 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 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via MLD 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 ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.6 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Affected products

• openSUSE Leap: 15.1
• Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox: before 5.2.40; from 6.0.0 before 6.0.20; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.6 — fixed in 5.2.40, 6.0.20, 6.1.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox 5.2.40, 6.0.20, 6.1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00001.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00001.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

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