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CVE-2004-0396

65
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0396 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in CVS versions 1.11.x up to 1.11.15 and 1.12.x up to 1.12.7, specifically when the pserver mechanism is in use. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious Entry lines. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite a lack of broader community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
67.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-301 · Jun 25, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6753 is in the 99th 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 (2)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cvs-0:1.11.2-22
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0396Critical

security flaw

May 19, 2004

References

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:10.cvs.asc
ftp.netbsd.org / pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-008.txt.asc
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0980.html
cert.uni-stuttgart.de / archive/bugtraq/2004/05/msg00219.html
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021742.html
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/11641
secunia.com / advisories/11647
secunia.com / advisories/11651
secunia.com / advisories/11652
secunia.com / advisories/11674
security.e-matters.de / advisories/072004.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200405-12.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16193
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9058
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A970
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/o-147.shtml
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-505
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/192038
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 6305
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-190.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/10384
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA04-147A.html
US Government Resource