CVE-2016-5501: Oracle Vm VirtualBox

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component before 5.0.28 and 5.1.x before 5.1.8 in Oracle Virtualization allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Core, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5538.

Affected products

• Oracle Vm VirtualBox: from 5.0.0, before 5.0.28 (fixed in 5.0.28); from 5.1.0, before 5.1.8 (fixed in 5.1.8)

Published 2016-10-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.