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CVE-2007-2893

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-2893 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the Bochs 2.3 emulator's NE2000 device, specifically within the bx_ne2k_c::rx_frame function. This vulnerability allows a local user on a guest operating system to achieve arbitrary memory writes and privilege escalation on the host system by manipulating TXCNT register values. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered highly severe due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bochs_project:bochs:2.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-2893Moderate

xen NE2000 RX Frame Heap Overflow

Apr 20, 2007

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Third Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 36799
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/25470
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26364
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27715
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200711-21.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/34508
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
taviso.decsystem.org / virtsec.pdf
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1351
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/24246
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1936
Third Party Advisory