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CVE-2004-0152

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0152 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the emil email client, versions 2.1.0 and earlier, specifically within its MIME and UUencode encoding/decoding functions. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by sending specially crafted email messages with malicious attachment filenames. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emil:emil:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emil:emil:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.0_beta9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emil:emil:2.1.0_beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0415 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15601
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-468
PatchVendor Advisory