Is CVE-2004-2372 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2004-2372 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2004-2372?

CVE-2004-2372 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2004-2372?

CVE-2004-2372 has an EPSS score of 0.70% (49th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2004-2372?

Upgrade bochs on debian 11 to 2.1.1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2004-2372

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

bochsDebian

Fixed in:2.1.1-1CVE-2004-2372

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.70%probability of exploitation in 30 days

49thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 49% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

VDB Entry1

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.