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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-3221 · published 17 October 2012

CVE-2012-3221: Oracle virtualization vulnerability

Oracle · Virtualization

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 2.0 Low EPSS 0.79% · top 43.1%
2.1CVSS 2.0 base score
0.79%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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."

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-3221), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.