CVE-2012-3221 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle VM VirtualBox via unspecified vectors related to core interrupt handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-3221?
CVE-2012-3221 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Oct 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM Virtual Box component in Oracle Virtualization 3.2, 4.0, and 4.1 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to VirtualBox Core. NOTE: The previous information was obtained from the October 2012 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to "incorrect interrupt handling."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3221?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Virtualization.
How do I fix CVE-2012-3221?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2012-3221 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3221 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DSA-2594-1, GHSA-pxpj-94wm-p9ff.