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CVE-2004-0946

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0946 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow in rquotad within nfs-utils versions prior to 1.0.6-r6 on 64-bit architectures, affecting various Red Hat Enterprise Linux and nfs-utils products. This vulnerability, stemming from an improper integer conversion, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nfs:nfs-utils:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
11.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1130 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: nfs-utils-0:1.0.6-33EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0946

security flaw

Nov 22, 2004

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/13440
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18455
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10464
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-08.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/698302
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-583.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-014.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/426072/30/6740/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/11911
PatchVendor Advisory