The emulated floppy disk controller in Bochs 2.3 allows local users of the guest…
Priority LOW 12Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The emulated floppy disk controller in Bochs 2.3 allows local users of the guest operating system to cause a denial of service (virtual machine crash) via unspecified vectors, resulting in a divide-by-zero error.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00727 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bochs_project:bochs:2.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.3 | Vulnerable | Bochs Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:bochs_project:bochs:2.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3 Vulnerable ·Bochs Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-2894
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f2jw-776x-83xf
References
More Bochs Project Bochs vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-15445 Bochs 2.6-5 Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2004-02243 Buffer overflow in Bochs before 2.1.1, if installed setuid, allows local users to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2007-02800 Heap-based buffer overflow in the bx_ne2k_c::rx_frame function in iodev/ne2k.cc in the… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2007-2894 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-2894 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f2jw-776x-83xf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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