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CVE-2004-0947

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0947 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in unarj versions prior to 2.63a-r2, affecting various Linux distributions including Gentoo and SUSE. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious ARJ archives containing excessively long filenames. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.62CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:arj_software_inc.:unarj:2.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.63_aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:arj_software_inc.:unarj:2.63_a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.64CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:arj_software_inc.:unarj:2.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.65CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:arj_software_inc.:unarj:2.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
7.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0737 is in the 90th 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 (4)

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
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0947Low

security flaw

Nov 9, 2004

References

lwn.net / Articles/121827
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18044
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-652
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-29.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-007.html
securityfocus.com / bid/11665
PatchVendor Advisory