Vulnerability in Bochs Project
CVE-2004-2372
Buffer overflow in Bochs before 2.1.1, if installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable, which is used if the .bochsrc, bochsrc, and bochsrc.txt cannot be found in a known path. NOTE: some external documents recommend that Bochs be installed setuid root, so this should be treated as a vulnerability.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (51.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15309 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5XP0L1FC0M.html (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php (Patch)