Turning one "overflow" into another
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/virtualbox-zero-day-vulnerability-details-and-exploit-are-publicly-available/
A Russian vulnerability researcher and exploit developer has published detailed information about a zero-day vulnerability in VirtualBox. His explanations include step-by-step instructions for exploiting the bug.
According to the initial details in the disclosure, the issue is present in a shared code base of the virtualization software, available on all supported operating systems.