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CVE-2023-22017

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-22017 is a vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox, affecting versions prior to 6.1.46 and 7.0.10, specifically impacting Windows guest VMs. A low-privileged attacker with logon access to the VirtualBox infrastructure can easily exploit this to cause a complete denial-of-service (frequent crashes) of the VirtualBox application. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability primarily impacts availability. There is currently no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0.0, < 6.1.46CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 6.1.46CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 7.0.10CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 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

oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2023.html
PatchVendor Advisory