CVE-2004-2372
Buffer overflow in Bochs before 2.1.1, if installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable, which is used if the .bochsrc, bochsrc, and bochsrc.txt cannot be found in a known path.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in Bochs before 2.1.1, if installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable, which is used if the .bochsrc, bochsrc, and bochsrc.txt cannot be found in a known path. NOTE: some external documents recommend that Bochs be installed setuid root, so this should be treated as a vulnerability.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.70% probability · 53th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- bochs project/bochs
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009219Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=215733Patch
- http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5XP0L1FC0M.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15309VDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009219Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=215733Patch
- http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5XP0L1FC0M.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15309VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.