CVE-2004-0416
Double free vulnerability for the error_prog_name string in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, may allow remote…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 13.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Double free vulnerability for the error_prog_name string in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Remote CVS 1.11.15 - 'error_prog_name' Arbitrary Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 392remote, linuxpublished 13 Aug 2004Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 56 days later
· 56 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.2% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- DSA-519 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20040611 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.027] OpenPKG Security Advisory (cvs) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10070 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:233 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- GLSA-200406-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:994 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20040609 Advisory 09/2004: More CVS remote vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0415 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-0416)Record last updated .