CVE-2009-2714 Denial of service in n/a
Guest OS users can cause a host OS reboot via unspecified vectors in Sun VirtualBox, impacting availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-2714?
CVE-2009-2714 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Aug 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Sun VirtualBox 3.0.0 and 3.0.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS reboot) via unknown vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2714?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Virtualbox.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2714?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2714 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-2714 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2714 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wg93-p886-wx3j.