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CVE-2004-0299

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0299 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in smallftpd version 0.99. This flaw allows local users to trigger a denial of service by sending an FTP request containing an excessive number of slash characters. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of only partial availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, though an exploit for a similar version (1.0.3) exists on ExploitDB, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smallftpd:smallftpd:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-23716 · Feb 17, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0103 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15262
securityfocus.com / bid/9684
ExploitVendor Advisory