{"id":"CVE-2017-10241","aliases":["EUVD-2017-1888","GHSA-92hc-h32v-823w","MGASA-2017-0250"],"status":"published","title":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core)...","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 5.1.24. 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. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.0041,"percentile":0.3548,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2017-08-08T15:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:59:56Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","package":"virtualbox","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.26-1.mga5"}]}],"bundled":14},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","package":"kmod-vboxadditions","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.26-1.mga5"}]}],"bundled":14},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","package":"kmod-virtualbox","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.26-1.mga5"}]}],"bundled":14},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","package":"virtualbox","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.26-1.mga6"}]}],"bundled":14},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","package":"kmod-vboxadditions","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.26-1.mga6"}]}],"bundled":14},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","package":"kmod-virtualbox","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.26-1.mga6"}]}],"bundled":14}],"products":[{"vendor":"oracle","product":"vm_virtualbox"},{"vendor":"oracle corporation","product":"oracle vm virtualbox"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038929","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99687","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10241"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-92hc-h32v-823w"},{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0250.html","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21325","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2017-10241","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 5.1.24. 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. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).","status":"published","published":"2017-08-08T15:00:00Z","modified":"2024-10-04T17:05:39.11Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:13.27226Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2017-1888","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 5.1.24. 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. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).","status":"published","published":"2017-08-08T15:00:00Z","modified":"2024-10-04T17:05:39Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:27:50.941054Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-92hc-h32v-823w","title":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core)...","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 5.1.24. 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CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:41:42Z","modified":"2023-02-02T05:00:44Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:51:01.770569Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2017-10241","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 5.1.24. 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. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).","status":"published","published":"2017-08-08T15:29:07.133Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:59:56.743Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:57.282351Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"MGASA-2017-0250","title":"Updated virtualbox packages fix security vulnerabilities","description":"This update provides the virtualbox 5.1.26 maintenance release, fixing\nsecurity and other issues:\n\nThis Critical Patch Update contains 14 new unspcified security fixes\nfor Oracle VM VirtualBox. According to currently known info, none of\nthese vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication,\ni.e., none may be exploited over a network without requiring user\ncredentials.\n\nFor other fixes in this update see the referenced changelog.\n","status":"published","published":"2017-08-08T20:24:42Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:58.903737577Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.103088Z"}]}}