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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2885)
- Published
- May 30, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2885 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bochs project / bochs
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188148(Third Party Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/36799(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25470(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26364(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27715(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-21.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1351(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24246(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1936(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34508(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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