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CVE-2004-0396
Heap-based buffer overflow in CVS 1.11.x up to 1.11.15, and 1.12.x up to 1.12.7, when using the pserver mechanism allows remote attackers…
High7.5EPSS 67.5%
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in CVS 1.11.x up to 1.11.15, and 1.12.x up to 1.12.7, when using the pserver mechanism allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Entry lines.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 37 days later
· 37 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.5% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (26)
- 11641 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 11652 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:970 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20040519 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.022] OpenPKG Security Advisory (cvs) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9058 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 20040519 Advisory 07/2004: CVS remote vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20040520 cvs server buffer overflow vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:190 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 11674 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200405-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 11651 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 6305 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- TA04-147A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- O-147 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 20040519 Advisory 07/2004: CVS remote vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 11647 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2004-1620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- VU#192038 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20040519 Advisory 07/2004: CVS remote vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- DSA-505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- cvs-entry-line-bo(16193) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/072004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SSA:2004-140-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 10384 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2004:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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