Is CVE-2017-3559 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-3559 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-3559?

CVE-2017-3559 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.9 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-3559?

CVE-2017-3559 has an EPSS score of 0.39% (30th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3559?

Upgrade virtualbox on debian unstable to 5.1.20-dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-3559

HIGH

7.9

CVSS v3

NVD

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 low 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. 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 7.9 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).

How to fix

Remediation Available

virtualboxDebian

Fixed in:5.1.20-dfsg-1CVE-2017-3559

Oracle VirtualBoxWindows application

Affected:5.0.0 5.0.38Fixed in:5.0.38Oracle and/or its affiliates

Affected:5.1.0 5.1.20Fixed in:5.1.20Oracle and/or its affiliates

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

oracle.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.