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01 Record

CVE-2020-2959

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

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: oracle
CNA base score8.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
SSVC decision
  • ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
  • AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
  • Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.
EPSS probability
2.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 85.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-04-15 13:29Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-27 18:45Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-12-10
Assigning CNA
oracle
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.6)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
313984fc1c9b36ddcd446c7974085e98ba405ad1e51e1deefa2c281ff09a41e2

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Oracle CorporationVM VirtualBox< 5.2.40, < 6.0.20, < 6.1.6—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • virtualbox
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • virtualbox
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • virtualbox
    Fixed in 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.