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CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: 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Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2845"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3wgh-5r9h-pf5v"},{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0257.html","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22930","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog","tags":["web"]},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html#AppendixOVIR","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2845","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2845","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-2845","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). 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CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H).","status":"published","published":"2018-04-19T02:00:00Z","modified":"2024-10-03T20:12:53.386Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:04.911021Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-14700","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.36 and Prior to 5.2.10. 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 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 6.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H).","status":"published","published":"2018-04-19T02:00:00Z","modified":"2024-10-03T20:12:53Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:27:53.790276Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-3wgh-5r9h-pf5v","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). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.36 and Prior to 5.2.10. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. 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CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H).","status":"published","published":"2018-04-19T02:29:06.147Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:56:28.643Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H","level":"medium","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":"2026-11-02T14:04:25.506659Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-2845","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.36 and Prior to 5.2.10. 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 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 6.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). 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