CVE-2026-47062

Received Received - Intake

Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox

Publication date: 2026-07-21

Last updated on: 2026-07-21

Assigner: Oracle

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.12. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes 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 5.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

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Meta Information

Published

2026-07-21

Last Modified

2026-07-21

Generated

2026-07-22

AI Q&A

2026-07-22

EPSS Evaluated

N/A

NVD

CVE-2026-47062

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
oracle	vm_virtualbox	7.2.12

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Exploitability

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

This is a vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.12. It allows a low-privileged attacker with local access to cause the software to hang or crash repeatedly, resulting in a denial of service (DOS). The attack requires logon to the system running VirtualBox but does not need additional privileges.

Impact Analysis

If you use Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.12, an attacker with local access could disrupt your virtual machines by causing them to hang or crash repeatedly. This could lead to loss of availability for your virtualized systems and services.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability primarily impacts availability. While it does not directly expose data, repeated crashes or hangs could disrupt services handling personal or sensitive data, potentially violating availability requirements in GDPR or HIPAA.

Mitigation Strategies

Update Oracle VM VirtualBox to a version that is not affected by this vulnerability. Since the affected version is 7.2.12, check for and apply any available patches or newer releases from Oracle.

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