CVE-2016-3612 Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.22 allows remote attackers to
Medium 5.9
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-3612 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-3612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published on 21 Jul 2016.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3612 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Oracle Vm Virtualbox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3612/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3612/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-3612?
CVE-2016-3612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published on 21 Jul 2016.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.22 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to Core.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3612?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Vm Virtualbox.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3612?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3612 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-3612 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3612 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-6fm8-846h-57vc.