CVE-2022-21488
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The...
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.34. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.8 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N).
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
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
3.8
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.34. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.8 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N).
- Record
CVE-2022-21488- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-26712
3.8
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.34. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.8 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N).
- Record
EUVD-2022-26712- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mhfh-7683-g72m
3.8
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The...
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.34. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.8 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N).
- Record
GHSA-mhfh-7683-g72m- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
3.8
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.34. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.8 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N).
- Record
CVE-2022-21488- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21488
3.8
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.34. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.8 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N).
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21488- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2022-0153 No score
Updated virtualbox packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated virtualbox packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox prior to 6.1.34 contains an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows a high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data (CVE-2022-21465).
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox prior to 6.1.34 contains an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows a low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox (CVE-2022-21471).
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox prior to 6.1.34 contains an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows a low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data (CVE-2022-21487).
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox prior to 6.1.34 contains an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows a low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data (CVE-2022-21488).
For other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelog.
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MGASA-2022-0153- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2022:10067-1 No score
Security update for virtualbox
This update for virtualbox fixes the following issues:
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Save and restore FPU status during interrupt. (boo#1199803)
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Update support of building with Python
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Replace SDL-devel BuildRequires with pkgconfig(sdl): allow to use sdl12_compat as an alternative.
Version bump to 6.1.36 released by Oracle July 19 2022
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
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VMM: Fixed possible Linux guest kernel crash when configuring Speculative Store Bypass for a single vCPU VM
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GUI: In the storage page of the virtual machine settings dialog, fixed a bug which disrupted mouse interaction with the native file selector on KDE
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NAT: Prevent issue when host resolver incorrectly returned NXDOMAIN for unsupported queries (bug #20977)
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Audio: General improvements in saved state area
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Recording: Various fixes for settings handling
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VGA: Performance improvements for screen updates when VBE banking is used
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USB: Fixed rare crashes when detaching a USB device
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ATA: Fixed NT4 guests taking a minute to eject CDs
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vboximg-mount: Fixed broken write support (bug #20896)
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SDK: Fixed Python bindings incorrectly trying to convert arbitrary byte data into unicode objects with Python 3, causing exceptions (bug #19740)
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API: Fixed an issue when virtual USB mass storage devices or virtual USB DVD drives are added while the VM is not running are by default not marked as hot-pluggable
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API: Initial support for Python 3.10
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API: Solaris OS types cleanup
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Linux and Solaris hosts: Allow to mount shared folder if it is represented as a symlink on a host side (bug #17491)
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Linux Host and Guest drivers: Introduced initial support for kernels 5.18, 5.19 and RHEL 9.1 (bugs #20914, #20941)
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Linux Host and Guest drivers: Better support for kernels built with clang compiler (bugs #20425 and #20998)
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Solaris Guest Additions: General improvements in installer area
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Solaris Guest Additions: Fixed guest screen resize in VMSVGA graphics configuration
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Linux and Solaris Guest Additions: Fixed multi-screen handling in VBoxVGA and VBoxSVGA graphics configuration
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Linux and Solaris Guest Additions: Added support for setting primary screen via VBoxManage
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Linux and Solaris Guest Additions: Fixed X11 resources leak when resizing guest screens
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Linux and Solaris Guest Additions: Fixed file descriptor leak when starting a process using guest control (bug #20902)
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Linux and Solaris Guest Additions: Fixed guest control executing processes as root
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Linux Guest Additions: Improved guests booting time by preventing kernel modules from being rebuilt when it is not necessary (bug #20502)
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Windows Guest Additions: Fixed VBoxTray crash on startup in NT4 guests on rare circumstances
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Fixes CVE-2022-21571,CVE-2022-21554 - boo#1201720
Version bump to 6.1.34 (released March 22 2022) by Oracle
- This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
- VMM: Fix instruction emulation for 'cmpxchg16b'
- GUI: Improved GUI behavior on macOS Big Sur and later when kernel extensions are not loaded
- EHCI: Addressed an issue with handling short packets (bug #20726)
- Storage: Fixed a potential hang during disk I/O when the host I/O cache is disabled (bug #20875)
- NVMe: Fixed loading saved state when nothing is attached to it (bug #20791)
- DevPcBios: Addressed an issue which resulted in rejecting the detected LCHS geometry when the head count was above 16
- virtio-scsi: Improvements
- E1000: Improve descriptor handling
- VBoxManage: Fixed handling of command line arguments with incomplete quotes (bug #20740)
- VBoxManage: Improved 'natnetwork list' output
- VBoxManage: NATNetwork: Provide an option (--ipv6-prefix) to set IPv6 prefix
- VBoxManage: NATNetwork: Provide an option (--ipv6-default) to advertise default IPv6 route (bug #20714)
- VBoxManage: Fix documentation of 'usbdevsource add' (bug #20849)
- Networking: General improvements in IPv4 and IPv6 area (bug #20714)
- OVF Import: Allow users to specify a different…
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openSUSE-SU-2022:10067-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
virtualboxMageia:8 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 6.1.34-1.2.mga8 | 6.1.34-1.2.mga8 |
kmod-virtualboxMageia:8 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 6.1.34-1.2.mga8 | 6.1.34-1.2.mga8 |
virtualboxUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.0.4-dfsg-25.0.8-dfsg-15.0.10-dfsg-15.0.10-dfsg-25.0.10-dfsg-3 Show 25 moreShow less5.0.10-dfsg-45.0.10-dfsg-55.0.10-dfsg-65.0.10-dfsg-75.0.12-dfsg-15.0.12-dfsg-25.0.14-dfsg-15.0.14-dfsg-25.0.14-dfsg-2build15.0.16-dfsg-25.0.16-dfsg-35.0.18-dfsg-15.0.18-dfsg-1ubuntu15.0.18-dfsg-25.0.18-dfsg-2build15.0.18-dfsg-2ubuntu15.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.15.0.32-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.25.0.36-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.25.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.15.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.25.1.34-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.25.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.15.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.25.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3 |
None known |
virtualboxUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.1.30-dfsg-15.2.0-dfsg-1build25.2.0-dfsg-25.2.0-dfsg-45.2.0-dfsg-5 Show 26 moreShow less5.2.2-dfsg-25.2.2-dfsg-3~build15.2.2-dfsg-35.2.4-dfsg-15.2.4-dfsg-25.2.6-dfsg-15.2.6-dfsg-25.2.6-dfsg-35.2.6-dfsg-3build15.2.6-dfsg-55.2.8-dfsg-25.2.8-dfsg-35.2.8-dfsg-55.2.8-dfsg-65.2.8-dfsg-75.2.10-dfsg-15.2.10-dfsg-25.2.10-dfsg-55.2.10-dfsg-65.2.10-dfsg-6ubuntu18.04.15.2.18-dfsg-2~ubuntu18.04.15.2.18-dfsg-2~ubuntu18.04.35.2.18-dfsg-2~ubuntu18.04.55.2.32-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04.15.2.34-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04.15.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1 |
None known |
virtualboxUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 6.0.14-dfsg-16.0.14-dfsg-2~build16.0.14-dfsg-26.1.0-dfsg-3build16.1.0-dfsg-3build2 Show 18 moreShow less6.1.2-dfsg-16.1.2-dfsg-1build16.1.4-dfsg-16.1.4-dfsg-2~build16.1.4-dfsg-26.1.4-dfsg-46.1.6-dfsg-16.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.16.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.16.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.26.1.22-dfsg-2~ubuntu1.20.04.16.1.26-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.20.04.16.1.26-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.20.04.26.1.32-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.16.1.34-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.20.04.16.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.20.04.16.1.48-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.16.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1 |
None known |
virtualboxUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 6.1.26-dfsg-46.1.28-dfsg-16.1.30-dfsg-16.1.32-dfsg-16.1.32-dfsg-1build1 Show 5 moreShow less6.1.34-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.16.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.16.1.48-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.16.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.16.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3 |
None known |
virtualboxUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 7.0.10-dfsg-37.0.12-dfsg-17.0.12-dfsg-1build17.0.14-dfsg-17.0.14-dfsg-2 Show 8 moreShow less7.0.14-dfsg-47.0.14-dfsg-4build47.0.14-dfsg-4build57.0.16-dfsg-17.0.16-dfsg-27.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu17.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.17.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.3 |
None known |
virtualboxUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 7.0.20-dfsg-1.27.0.26-dfsg-17.1.8-dfsg-27.1.8-dfsg-37.1.8-dfsg-3build1 Show 7 moreShow less7.1.10-dfsg-17.1.12-dfsg-17.1.12-dfsg-27.2.0-dfsg-27.2.0-dfsg-37.2.2-dfsg-27.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu0.1 |
None known |
virtualboxUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 7.2.6-dfsg-47.2.8-dfsg-17.2.14-dfsg-37.2.16-dfsg-17.2.18-dfsg-17.2.20-dfsg-17.2.20-dfsg-2 |
None known |
virtualboxUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 7.2.2-dfsg-27.2.2-dfsg-37.2.4-dfsg-17.2.4-dfsg-1build17.2.4-dfsg-2~build1 Show 5 moreShow less7.2.4-dfsg-37.2.6-dfsg-37.2.6-dfsg-3ubuntu17.2.6-dfsg-3.27.2.6-dfsg-4 |
None known |
virtualboxopenSUSE:Leap 15.4 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 6.1.36-lp154.2.7.1 | 6.1.36-lp154.2.7.1 |
virtualbox-kmpopenSUSE:Leap 15.4 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 6.1.36-lp154.2.7.1 | 6.1.36-lp154.2.7.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-21488 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.8) in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published April 19, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-36
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21488
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mhfh-7683-g72m
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0153.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30302
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virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21488
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21488
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/MUBDJCH5DQPJ7XOEJZUNCPQIWVNBR4ND
bugzilla.suse.com/1198676
bugzilla.suse.com/1198677
bugzilla.suse.com/1198678
bugzilla.suse.com/1198679
bugzilla.suse.com/1198680
bugzilla.suse.com/1198703
bugzilla.suse.com/1199803
bugzilla.suse.com/1201720
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21465
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21471
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21487
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21488
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21491
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21554
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21571
Left out here: the rest of 1 source description. The JSON record has them.