CVE-2026-46768
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Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox

Publication date: 2026-06-17

Last updated on: 2026-06-17

Assigner: Oracle

Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: VMSVGA device). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.8. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 (scope change). 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 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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Published
2026-06-17
Last Modified
2026-06-17
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2026-06-17
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2026-06-17
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NVD
CVE-2026-46768
EUVD
EUVD-2026-37457
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Vendor Product Version / Range
oracle vm_virtualbox 7.2.8
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability exists in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product, specifically in the VMSVGA device component of version 7.2.8. It is easily exploitable by a high privileged attacker who already has logon access to the infrastructure running Oracle VM VirtualBox. The attacker can compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox, potentially affecting other products as well due to scope change.

Successful exploitation can cause Oracle VM VirtualBox to hang or crash repeatedly, resulting in a complete denial of service (DoS).

Impact Analysis

The main impact of this vulnerability is availability-related. An attacker with high privileges can cause Oracle VM VirtualBox to hang or crash repeatedly, leading to a complete denial of service (DoS). This can disrupt operations and availability of virtualized environments running on Oracle VM VirtualBox.

Compliance Impact

The provided information does not specify any direct impact of this vulnerability on compliance with common standards and regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should ensure that you are not running the affected version 7.2.8 of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Since the vulnerability allows a high privileged attacker to cause a denial of service by crashing Oracle VM VirtualBox, immediate steps include upgrading to a fixed or later version once available, restricting access to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes, and limiting high privileged logons to trusted users only.

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