CVE-2013-0420

Public Exploit

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allows local users to affect integrity and availability via unknown vectors related to Core. NOTE: The previous information was obtained from the January 2013 Oracle CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to an incorrect comparison in the vga_draw_text function in Devices/Graphics/DevVGA.cpp, which can cause VirtualBox to "draw more lines than necessary."

2.4

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.11%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory oracle.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00000.html	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.html	vendor advisory
https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/44055/vbox	patch exploit
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798776	patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15763	vdb entry signature
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0420?: CVE-2013-0420 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-0420?: To fix CVE-2013-0420, 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-2013-0420 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-0420 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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