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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in BOCHS 2.6-5. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-25220. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in BOCHS 2.6-5. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Bochs 2.6-5 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an oversized input string to the application. Attackers can craft a malicious payload with 1200 bytes of padding followed by a return-oriented programming chain to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shell commands with application privileges.

The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-25220 since 03/28/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 304212 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-25220), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (43979), Tenable (304212) and EUVD (EUVD-2018-21698). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• BOCHS

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• 2.6-5

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