Buffer overflow in Bochs Project
CVE-2007-2893
Heap-based buffer overflow in the bx_ne2k_c::rx_frame function in iodev/ne2k.cc in the emulated NE2000 device in Bochs 2.3 allows local users of the guest operating system to write to arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges on the host operating system via vectors that cause TXCNT register values to exceed the device memory size, aka "RX Frame heap overflow."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
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: 0.005 (37.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Bochs Project — versions 2.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27715 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf (Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26364 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34508 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-21.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- osvdb.org/36799 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1351 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24246 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1936 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)