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CVE-2012-3221

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3221 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox versions 3.2, 4.0, and 4.1, allowing local users to impact system availability through unknown vectors related to the VirtualBox Core. The CVSS score of 2.1 indicates a low severity, with an attack vector requiring local access and a potential impact of partial availability loss. While Oracle has not confirmed claims of "incorrect interrupt handling," an exploit for local denial of service exists on ExploitDB. Despite no evidence of active exploitation and no Metasploit or Nuclei modules, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:virtualization:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:virtualization:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21224 · Sep 10, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0079 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79380
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16681
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2594
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/56045
securitytracker.com / id