Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 6.1.40 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 6.1.40. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-21621. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 6.1.40 (Virtualization Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. 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 presented 10/19/2022 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2022. The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-21621. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-26845). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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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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Recommended: no mitigation known
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11/15/2021 🔍
10/19/2022 +337 days 🔍
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04/26/2026 +1285 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2022
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-21621 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-21621
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-211733
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2022 08:31
Updated: 04/26/2026 08:04
Changes: 10/19/2022 08:31 (38), 11/18/2022 02:19 (2), 11/18/2022 02:26 (11), 04/26/2026 08:04 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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