Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2017-3587 Double Free Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:97750

Info

Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2017-3587 Double Free Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 97750
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2017-3587
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 18 2017 12:00AM
Updated: May 23 2017 04:26PM
Credit: Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero.
Vulnerable: Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.1.16
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.1.14
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.1.10
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.1.8
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.34
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.32
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.28
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.26
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.22
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.16
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.14
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.13
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.12
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.11
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.10
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.9
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.8
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.18
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0
Not Vulnerable: Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.1.20
Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.38

Discussion

Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2017-3587 Double Free Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Oracle VM VirtualBox is prone to a local memory-corruption vulnerability. The 'Shared Folder' sub component is affected.

Successful exploits may allow attackers to crash the affected application, resulting in denial-of-service condition. Due to the nature of this issue, arbitrary code execution may be possible but this has not been confirmed.

This vulnerability affects the following supported versions:
Prior to 5.0.38, Prior to 5.1.20

Note: This issue was previously titled 'Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2017-3587 Local Security Vulnerability'. The title and technical details have been changed to better reflect the vulnerability impact.

Exploit / POC

Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2017-3587 Double Free Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability

The researcher has created a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the issue. Please see the references for more information.

Solution / Fix

Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2017-3587 Double Free Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2017-3587 Double Free Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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