CVE-2007-2894 Denial of service in n/a
Local guest users can crash the Bochs virtual machine via a divide-by-zero error in the emulated floppy disk controller.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-2894?
CVE-2007-2894 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 May 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2894?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bochs Project Bochs.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2894?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2894 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-2894 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-2894 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2894, GHSA-f2jw-776x-83xf.