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…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188148 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 27715 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 26364 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- bochs-ne2000-bo(34508) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200711-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 36799 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- DSA-1351 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 24246 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1936 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25470 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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