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CVE-2016-3597

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization...

5.5 MediumFix available

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.26 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Core.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.39%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.26 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Core.

Record
CVE-2016-3597
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.26 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Core.

Record
CVE-2016-3597
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4623 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.26 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Core.

Record
EUVD-2016-4623
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-49qm-9p7h-mwpv 5.5

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization...

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.26 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Core.

Record
GHSA-49qm-9p7h-mwpv
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0259 No score

Updated VirtualBox 5.1 packages fix security vulnerability

This update provides the new VirtualBox 5.1 series, currently based on 5.1.2 providing several perfomance enhancements

The highlights include:

  • VMM: new APIC and I/O APIC implementations that result in significantly improved performance in certain situations (for example with networking)
  • VMM: activate the x2APIC by default for Linux guests
  • VMM: added support for Hyper-V paravirtualized debugging of Windows guests
  • VMM: emulate even more MMIO and shadow pagetable exits without going back to user mode
  • GUI: overall migration to Qt5
  • GUI: passive API event listener improving the VM GUI performance and response time
  • Audio: added HDA (High Definition Audio) support for newer Linux guests
  • Audio: added on-demand timers which should improve the overall performance and reduce the CPU consumption
  • Audio: more fine-grained volume control for the AC'97 emulation, which now also takes the master volume control into account
  • better support for Python 3

It also resolves the following security issue:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.26 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Core (CVE-2016-3597).

For other fixes, see the referenced changelog.

Record
MGASA-2016-0259
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
virtualbox
Mageia:5
 before 5.1.2-1.mga5
5.1.2-1.mga5
kmod-virtualbox
Mageia:5
 before 5.1.2-1.mga5
5.1.2-1.mga5
kmod-vboxadditions
Mageia:5
 before 5.1.2-1.mga5
5.1.2-1.mga5

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
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In short

CVE-2016-3597 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published July 21, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. Fixed in virtualbox 5.1.2-1.mga5.

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