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CVE-2004-0603

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0603 describes a critical vulnerability in the gzexe utility of gzip versions 1.3.3 and earlier. This flaw allows for arbitrary command execution when the utility fails to create a temporary file, affecting gnu gzip products. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0313 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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)

gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0603

CVE-2004-0603

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200406-18.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16506
securityfocus.com / bid/10603
PatchVendor Advisory