CVE-2016-5608 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.0.28 and 5.1.x prior to 5.1.8, allowing a local attacker to impact the availability of the system. With a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (Medium), this low-complexity attack requires local access and can lead to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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