CVE-2016-5545
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI)....
CVE-2016-5545 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published January 27, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.49%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in kmod-vboxadditions 5.1.18-1.mga5.
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP 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 unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.3
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP 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 unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
- Record
CVE-2016-5545- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-254
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP 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 unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
- Record
CVE-2016-5545- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6489 No score
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP 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 unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
- Record
EUVD-2016-6489- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-69h5-w3p2-p3cx
6.3
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI)....
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: GUI). Supported versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to 5.0.32 and prior to 5.1.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP 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 unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).
- Record
GHSA-69h5-w3p2-p3cx- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0078 No score
Updated virtualbox packages fixes security vulnerabilities
This update provides virtualbox 5.1.18 maintenance release and resolves at least the following security issues:
A vulnerability in the GUI subcomponent of virtualbox allows unauthenticated attacker unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2016-5545).
A vulnerability in the Shared Folder subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3290).
A vulnerability in the GUI subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise virtualbox (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3316).
A vulnerability in the SVGA Emulation subcomponent of virtualbox allows low privileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3332).
A vulnerability in the Shared Folder subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data and unauthorized access to critical data to all virtualbox accessible data (CVE-2017-3538).
For other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelog.
- Record
MGASA-2017-0078- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
kmod-vboxadditionsMageia:5 |
before 5.1.18-1.mga5 | 5.1.18-1.mga5 |
kmod-virtualboxMageia:5 |
before 5.1.18-1.mga5 | 5.1.18-1.mga5 |
virtualboxMageia:5 |
before 5.1.18-1.mga5 | 5.1.18-1.mga5 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases, products | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-08
securitytracker.com/id/1037638
securityfocus.com/bid/95590
oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5545
github.com/advisories/GHSA-69h5-w3p2-p3cx
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0078.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20222
virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog