CVE-2012-3221

Exp

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."

Published: 2012-10-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-3221 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-3221

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21224 exploit_db edb 2012-09-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3221

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2024-12-17 0.30% 0.40% +0.10%
2 2024-01-11 0.42% 0.30% -0.12%
3 2023-03-12 — 0.42% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3221

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3221

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-3221

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-3221 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (virtualbox), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3221
gentoo high CVE-2012-3221: 1 GLSA(s) (201401-13), 2 atom(s) (app-emulation/virtualbox, app-emulation/virtualbox-bin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-3221
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-3221 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (virtualbox, virtualbox-ose), 14 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): DNE 6, released 6, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3221

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3221

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle virtualization 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:virtualization:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle virtualization 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle virtualization 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:virtualization:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3221

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