CVE-2015-4813 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a denial of service in Oracle VM VirtualBox when using a Windows guest via unspecified core vectors.
- 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-2015-4813?
CVE-2015-4813 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Oct 2015. 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 VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox prior to 4.0.34, 4.1.42, 4.2.34, 4.3.32, and 5.0.8, when using a Windows guest, allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Core.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4813?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Oracle Vm Virtualbox.
How do I fix CVE-2015-4813?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2015-4813 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4813 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-frv9-59cr-r66w, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4813.