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CVE-2004-2372

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2004-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Bochs Project Bochs

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References