CVE-2019-2511 Denial of service in VM VirtualBox

High 7.5 Published 16 Jan 2019 Updated 2 Oct 2024

An unauthenticated attacker can cause a complete denial of service in Oracle VM VirtualBox via network access through SOAP.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2019-2511?

CVE-2019-2511 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published on 16 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are prior to 5.2.24 and prior to 6.0.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via SOAP 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 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2511?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2511?

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-2019-2511 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2511 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7v5m-34j8-wj8m, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-2511.