CVE-2020-2902 Memory corruption in VM VirtualBox
A local attacker can exploit a memory corruption flaw in VirtualBox to achieve full system takeover and compromise the host environment.
- 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-2020-2902?
CVE-2020-2902 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 15 Apr 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 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low 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 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2902?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Opensuse Leap, Oracle Vm Virtualbox.
How do I fix CVE-2020-2902?
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-2020-2902 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2902 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9qv9-jp9q-c8qh, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-2902.