Is CVE-2018-2845 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-2845 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-2845?

CVE-2018-2845 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.6 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-2845?

CVE-2018-2845 has an EPSS score of 0.45% (36th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2845?

Upgrade virtualbox on debian unstable to 5.2.10-dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-2845

MEDIUM

6.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.1.36 and Prior to 5.2.10. 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 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 6.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H).

How to fix

Remediation Available

virtualboxDebian

Fixed in:5.2.10-dfsg-1CVE-2018-2845

Oracle VirtualBoxWindows application

Affected:5.1.0 5.1.36Fixed in:5.1.36Oracle and/or its affiliates

Affected:5.2.0 5.2.10Fixed in:5.2.10Oracle 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

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days

36thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 36% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

oracle.com

Third-Party Advisory3

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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 2024-11-21.