Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.14 Core resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.14. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Core. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-71113. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.14. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via RDP 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 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-71113 since 08/05/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/19/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Oracle

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• VirtualBox

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• 7.2.14

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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