Is CVE-2024-21161 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-21161 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-21161?

CVE-2024-21161 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-21161?

CVE-2024-21161 has an EPSS score of 0.27% (18th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-21161?

Upgrade virtualbox on debian unstable to 7.0.20-dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-21161

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 7.0.20. 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. Note: This vulnerability applies to Linux hosts only. 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).

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

virtualboxDebian

Fixed in:7.0.20-dfsg-1CVE-2024-21161

Oracle VirtualBoxWindows application

Affected:7.0.20Fixed in:7.0.20Oracle 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

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

18thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 18% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

oracle.com

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CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

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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 2025-03-26.