CVE-2018-2836
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 require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
EPSS 0.14% · 33.2th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | virtualbox | *, 7.0.14-dfsg-4build5, 0 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | virtualbox | 7.1.10-dfsg-1, 0, 7.0.20-dfsg-1.2 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | virtualbox | *, 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.1, 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | virtualbox | 5.2.0-dfsg-2, 0, 5.1.30-dfsg-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | virtualbox | 5.0.8-dfsg-1, 5.0.16-dfsg-3, 5.0.16-dfsg-2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | virtualbox | 6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1, 6.1.48-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1, 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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- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2836 third-party-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2836 third-party-advisory