Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 6.1.17 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 6.1.17. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2021-2111. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 6.1.17 (Virtualization Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was released 01/20/2021 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021. The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-2111. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 256686 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-2111), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (256686). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 256686
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-2111

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-2111 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-2111
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-168461

Entryinfo

Created: 01/20/2021 19:48
Updated: 08/27/2025 20:41
Changes: 01/20/2021 19:48 (39), 02/18/2021 06:54 (5), 02/18/2021 06:59 (8), 08/27/2025 20:41 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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