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CVE-2016-5608

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-27
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93718
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037053
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry