CVE-2020-2701 Memory corruption in VM VirtualBox

High 7.5 Published 15 Jan 2020 Updated 30 Sep 2024

A local high-privileged attacker can exploit a memory corruption flaw in Oracle VM VirtualBox to achieve full system takeover.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2020-2701?

CVE-2020-2701 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox, published on 15 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.36, prior to 6.0.16 and prior to 6.1.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2701?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Vm Virtualbox.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2701?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-2701 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2701 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-xp48-jwjq-3mmc, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-2701.