CVE-2017-3558
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2017-04-24
- Fixed in5.1.20 · 5.0.38
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Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.0.38 and Prior to 5.1.20. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows unauthenticated 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 unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2017-04-2419:59CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-3558?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-3558?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | ≥ 5.1.0, < 5.1.20 | 5.1.20 | NVD |
| 5.0 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.38 | 5.0.38 | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Oracle vm virtualbox to 5.1.20 · 5.0.38
Advisories and patches
- www.oracle.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
Detection
read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2024-10-07
- OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
- NVDCVSS 3.08.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.04.6read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.9 %2026-10-22
- Exploit-DBdetectionread 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
- Published
- 2017-04-24
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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