CVE-2023-21884

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.34% (27th) EPSS

CVSS 4.4 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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 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 hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.14.4mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · secalert_us@oracle.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.6

v3.14.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20US

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox* → 6.1.42enisa_euvdEU
Oracle Corporation VM VirtualBox* → 7.0.6enisa_euvdEU
Oracle Corp. VM VirtualBox≤ 6.1.42fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. VM VirtualBox7.0.0 → 7.0.6fstec_bduRU
oracle vm virtualbox< 6.1.42nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle vm virtualbox7.0.0 → 7.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0118Oracle Virtualization: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Virtualization ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-01-18modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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