CVE-2012-3221

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM Virtual Box component in Oracle Virtualization 3.2, 4.0, and 4.1 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to VirtualBox Core. NOTE: The previous information was obtained from the October 2012 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to "incorrect interrupt handling."

2.1

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.40%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory oracle.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56045	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79380	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027666	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16681	signature vdb entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2594	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-3221?: CVE-2012-3221 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-3221?: To fix CVE-2012-3221, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-3221 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-3221 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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