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CVE-2023-21898

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). ...

5.5 Medium

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: Applies to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

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

0.34%Down 0.5 points since Jan 18, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.5

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: Applies to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Record
CVE-2023-21898
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-26063 5.5

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: Applies to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Record
EUVD-2023-26063
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fvg9-wrwv-chxg 5.5

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). ...

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: Applies to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Record
GHSA-fvg9-wrwv-chxg
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.5

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: Applies to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Record
CVE-2023-21898
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-21898 5.5

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: Applies to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21898
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2023:0033-1 No score

Security update for virtualbox

This update for virtualbox fixes the following issues:

VirtualBox 7.0.6 (released January 17 2023)

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: [1]

  • VMM: Fixed guru running the FreeBSD loader on older Intel CPUs without unrestricted guest support (bug #21332)
  • GUI: Fixed virtual machines grouping when VM was created or modified in command line (bugs #11500, #20933)
  • GUI: Introduced generic changes in settings dialogs
  • VirtioNet: Fixed broken network after loading saved state (bug #21172)
  • Storage: Added support for increasing the size of the following VMDK image variants: monolithicFlat, monolithicSparse, twoGbMaxExtentSparse, twoGbMaxExtentFlat
  • VBoxManage: Added missing --directory switch for guestcontrol mktemp command
  • Mouse Integration: Guest was provided with extended host mouse state (bug #21139)
  • DnD: Introduced generic improvements
  • Guest Control: Fixed handling creation mode for temporary directories (bug #21394)
  • Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for building UEK7 kernel on Oracle Linux 8
  • Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 9.1 kernel
  • Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.2 for vboxvideo
  • Audio: The '--audio' option in VBoxManage is now marked as deprecated; please use '--audio-driver' and '--audio-enabled' instead. This will allow more flexibility when changing the driver and/or controlling the audio functionality

Additionally, it fixes 6 CVE's: CVE-2023-21886, CVE-2023-21898, CVE-2023-21899, CVE-2023-21884, CVE-2023-21885, CVE-2023-21889

Links:

[1] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.0#v6 [2] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.html#AppendixOVIR

Record
openSUSE-SU-2023:0033-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12640-1 No score

python3-virtualbox-7.0.6-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the python3-virtualbox-7.0.6-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12640-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
virtualbox
Ubuntu: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
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5.0.10-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
virtualbox
Ubuntu: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 less
5.2.2-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
virtualbox
Ubuntu: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 less
6.1.2-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
virtualbox
Ubuntu: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 less
6.1.34-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
virtualbox
Ubuntu: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 less
7.0.14-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
virtualbox
Ubuntu: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 less
7.1.10-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
virtualbox
Ubuntu: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
virtualbox
Ubuntu: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 less
7.2.4-dfsg-37.2.6-dfsg-37.2.6-dfsg-3ubuntu17.2.6-dfsg-3.27.2.6-dfsg-4
 None known
virtualbox
openSUSE:Leap 15.4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
virtualbox-kmp
openSUSE:Leap 15.4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
virtualbox
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 7.0.6-1.1
7.0.6-1.1

History

History
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affected, facts
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-21898 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published January 17, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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