First published: Wed Oct 21 2020(Updated: )
This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Oracle VirtualBox. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target guest system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the shader_record_register_usage function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the hypervisor.
Credit: secalert_us@oracle.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Oracle VirtualBox | ||
Oracle VM VirtualBox | <6.1.16 |
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CVE-2020-14884 is a vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product that allows a high privileged attacker to compromise the infrastructure.
The severity of CVE-2020-14884 is medium with a CVSS score of 6.0.
CVE-2020-14884 can be easily exploited by a high privileged attacker with logon access to the affected Oracle VM VirtualBox instance.
Versions prior to 6.1.16 of Oracle VM VirtualBox are affected by CVE-2020-14884.
Additional information about CVE-2020-14884 can be found in the references provided: [Oracle's security advisory](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html), [Zero Day Initiative advisory](https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1279/), [Gentoo advisory](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-15)