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

published 2024-10-15 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-18967

cvss: 2.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 7.0.22. 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 2.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Oracle Corporation Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.0.22

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-21253 updated 2026-05-25

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: component not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-17)

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	2.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

Oracle Corporation Oracle VM VirtualBox

Classification

Weakness

CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

oracle.com /security-alerts/cpuoct2024.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-21253
NVD CVE-2024-21253

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Summary