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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-2893 · published 30 May 2007

CVE-2007-2893: Bochs project bochs memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Bochs Project · Bochs

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."

7.2 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 0.46% · top 62.6% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
7.2CVSS 2.0 base score
0.46%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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."

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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 AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1936 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34508 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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 AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1936 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34508 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-2893), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.