xen NE2000 RX Frame Heap Overflow
Published May 30, 2007
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.46%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the bx_ne2k_c::rx_frame function in iodev/ne2k.cc in the emulated NE2000 device in Bochs 2.3 allows local users of the guest operating system to write to arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges on the host operating system via vectors that cause TXCNT register values to exceed the device memory size, aka "RX Frame heap overflow."
Affected products
No data.
- 2.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect Xen as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00461) | 37.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00461) | 36.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00056) | 14.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188148 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/36799 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25470 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26364 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27715 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-21.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1351 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24246 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1936 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2893 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237347 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34508 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2893
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2893
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