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CVE-2004-1378
The expat XML parser code, as used in the open source Jabber (jabberd) 1.4.3 and earlier, jadc2s 0.9.0 and earlier, and possibly other…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The expat XML parser code, as used in the open source Jabber (jabberd) 1.4.3 and earlier, jadc2s 0.9.0 and earlier, and possibly other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to a socket that accepts XML connections.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- 1011384 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 10257 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- jabberd-xml-dos(17466) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 11231 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/2e25d38b-54d1-11d9-b612-000c6e8f12ef.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200409-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- jadc2s-xml-dos(17467) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1011383 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://devel.amessage.info/jabberd14/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [jabberd] 20040919 Jabberd 1.4 critical bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20040920 Possible DoS attack against jabberd 1.4.3 and jadc2s 0.9.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 12636 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2004-1375 (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-2004-1378)Record last updated .