Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Published: 2026-08-18
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability resides in the core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14 and permits a local user who has high‑privilege access to provoke a crash or hang of the Hypervisor. When exploited, the flaw results in a complete loss of availability for the VM environment, effectively denying any operations performed by virtual machines on the host. No path for remote code execution, privilege expansion beyond the existing high‑privilege credentials, or data exfiltration is described in the source material. The weakness corresponds to CWE‑770, indicating a failure to enforce a resource limit and allowing a resource exhaustion or denial of service condition.

Affected Systems

Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.14 is the only documented affected release in the CVE entry. No other product variants or newer versions are mentioned as impacted.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.4 reflects a low‑to‑moderate risk for a local attacker with high privileges and low attack complexity. The EPSS score of less than 1% suggests that exploitation is unlikely in the wild, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog. Exploitation requires local access to a host running VirtualBox; once present, the attacker can trigger the crash without further interaction, but cannot acquire additional privileges or access sensitive data.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 21, 2026 at 18:48 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the latest Oracle VM VirtualBox update when it is released to contain the vendor fix for this issue.
  • Restrict VirtualBox installation and execution to users who have a legitimate need, following the principle of least privilege.
  • Limit resource allocations (memory, CPU, etc.) for virtual machines to reduce the impact of any resource exhaustion attempt.
  • Monitor host and VirtualBox logs for frequent crashes or hangs and consider temporarily disabling VirtualBox until a patched version is available.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 21, 2026 at 18:48 UTC.

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History

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14 Local Privileged Crash Vulnerability

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284 CWE-770

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privileged Attacker Can Trigger VirtualBox 7.2.14 Crash

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privileged Attacker Can Trigger VirtualBox 7.2.14 Crash

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Denial of Service via Crash in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-400

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Denial of Service via Crash in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-400

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Oracle Vm Virtualbox
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-21T15:49:01.530Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T22:06:34.619Z

Link: CVE-2026-71139

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-19T14:26:21.660Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2026-08-18T21:18:14.790

Modified: 2026-09-21T16:17:23.560

Link: CVE-2026-71139

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-21T19:00:08Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-770

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling