CVE-2018-2831
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. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.8 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).
EPSS 0.11% · 28.7th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | virtualbox | 0, *, * |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | virtualbox | *, 0, 6.0.14-dfsg-2~build1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | virtualbox | 7.1.12-dfsg-2, 7.1.12-dfsg-1, 7.1.10-dfsg-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | virtualbox | 7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1, 7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | virtualbox | 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3, 5.1.34-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2, 5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | virtualbox | *, 6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3, 6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1 |
Timeline
- Apr 18, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2831 third-party-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2831 third-party-advisory