CVE-2019-2848 is a vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox, affecting versions prior to 5.2.32 and 6.0.10. A low-privileged attacker with logon access to the VirtualBox infrastructure can exploit this to cause a complete denial of service (DoS) by repeatedly crashing the application. Rated with a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring only low privileges. The primary impact is high availability loss, potentially affecting other products beyond VirtualBox. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE. It is not listed in the KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.0, < 5.2.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.2.32CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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