CVE-2004-0964
Buffer overflow in Zinf 2.2.1 on Windows, and other older versions for Linux, allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 62.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 7Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in Zinf 2.2.1 on Windows, and other older versions for Linux, allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via certain values in a .pls file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 6 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits7
Metasploit modules1 module
- Zinf Audio Player 2.2.1 (PLS File) Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/zinfaudioplayer221_plsRank gooddisclosed 24 Sept 2004
Exploit-DB6 entries
- Zinf Audio Player 2.2.1 - '.pls' Local Buffer Overflow (DEP Bypass) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17600local, windowspublished 3 Aug 2011Verified
- Zinf Audio Player 2.2.1 - '.pls' Local Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16688local, windowspublished 24 Nov 2010Verified
- Zinf Audio Player 2.2.1 - '.pls' Universal Overwrite (SEH) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8267local, windowspublished 23 Mar 2009Verified
- Zinf Audio Player 2.2.1 - '.pls' Universal Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7888local, windowspublished 28 Jan 2009Verified
- Zinf Audio Player 2.2.1 - '.pls' Stack Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7887dos, windowspublished 27 Jan 2009Verified
- Zinf Audio Player 2.2.1 - Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 559local, windowspublished 28 Sept 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
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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)
- 62.7% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (10 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
7
- 20040927 Re: Buffer overflow in Zinf 2.2.1 for Win32+exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 11248 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 12656 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20040924 Buffer overflow in Zinf 2.2.1 for Win32 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 8341 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- zinf-pls-bo(17491) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-587 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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-2004-0962 (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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