#VU176 Denial of service in Oracle VM VirtualBox - CVE-2016-3597

Vulnerability identifier: #VU176

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3597

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Oracle VM VirtualBox

Software vendor:
Oracle

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause denial of service conditions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in Oracle VM VirtualBox. A local user can cause denial of service conditions by exploiting a flaw in the Oracle VM VirtualBox Core component.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service via local system.

The vendor has issued a fix as part of the July 2016 Oracle Critical Patch Update.

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html