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CVE-2022-39424: oracle corporation vm virtualbox Code Injection

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-39424
Published 18-10-2022Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-39424 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Code Injection vulnerability in oracle corporation vm virtualbox. EPSS estimates a 1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.62%
0%100%
Low · +0.19 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2022-0390

Timeline

  1. 18-10-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via VRDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.19 pp

From 1.44% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.62%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Oracle1 product
Oracle corporation1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • virtualboxAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links