CVE-2019-2984
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 5.2.34 and prior to 6.0.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.34 and prior to 6.0.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
- Record
CVE-2019-2984- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.34 and prior to 6.0.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
- Record
CVE-2019-2984- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-12623 No score
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.34 and prior to 6.0.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
- Record
EUVD-2019-12623- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cw94-g894-mcqh No score
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 5.2.34 and prior to 6.0.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
- Record
GHSA-cw94-g894-mcqh- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-2984
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.34 and prior to 6.0.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-2984- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2019-0303 No score
Updated virtualbox packages fix security vulnerabilities
This update provides the upstream 6.0.14 and fixes the following security issues:
An easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox (CVE-2019-2926).
An easily exploitable vulnerability allows 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. 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 and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data (CVE-2019-2944).
An easily exploitable vulnerability allows 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. 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-2019-2984, CVE-2019-3002, CVE-2019-3005).
An easily exploitable vulnerability allows 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox (CVE-2019-3017).
An 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. 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-2019-3021).
An 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. 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-2019-3026).
An 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox (CVE-2019-3028).
An easily exploitable vulnerability allows 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data (CVE-2019-3031).
- Record
MGASA-2019-0303- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11501-1 No score
python3-virtualbox-6.1.26-3.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the python3-virtualbox-6.1.26-3.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11501-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
virtualboxMageia:7 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 6.0.14-1.mga7 | 6.0.14-1.mga7 |
kmod-virtualboxMageia:7 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 6.0.14-1.mga7 | 6.0.14-1.mga7 |
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 |
virtualboxopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 43 CVEs |
before 6.1.26-3.2 | 6.1.26-3.2 |
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-2019-2984 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published October 16, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.61%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-02
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2984
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cw94-g894-mcqh
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0303.html
Show 47 moreShow less
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25577
virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.0
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-2984
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-2984
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10392