CVE-2007-2893

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-2893
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-30 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bochs Project Bochs 2.3 - All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 taviso.decsystem.org Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Bug 188148 - app-emulation/bochs DoS and heap overflow (CVE 2007-28{93,94}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
osvdb.org/36799 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for bochs - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Bochs NE2000 RX Frame Overflow and Disk Controller Denial of Service - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Bochs Buffer Overflow and Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1351-1 bochs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bochs: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for bochs - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-11-02Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect Xen as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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