CVE-2004-2372 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2004-2372

Buffer overflow in Bochs before 2.1.1, if installed setuid, allows...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

bochs project

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Affected Software

bochs
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 16th, 2005
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.