{"cve":"CVE-2004-2372","nvd":{"published":"2004-12-31T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:09:31.983","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://securitytracker.com/id?1009219","http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=215733","http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5XP0L1FC0M.html","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15309","http://securitytracker.com/id?1009219"],"products":["bochs_project:bochs"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:38:22.000386253+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2004-2372","score":0.00705,"percentile":0.53366,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}