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CVE-2004-0989

49
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0989 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in libXML 2.6.12, 2.6.13, and potentially other versions, impacting products like Red Hat, Trustix, Ubuntu, and XMLSoft. These flaws allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted, long FTP or proxy URLs, or via manipulation of DNS length values within functions like xmlNanoFTPScanURL and xmlNanoFTPScanProxy. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or having widespread community discussion, an exploit module is available on ExploitDB, indicating the potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml:1.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
21.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-24704 · Oct 26, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2169 is in the 96th 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libxml2-0:2.5.10-7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libxml-1:1.8.17-9.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0989Moderate

libxml2 various overflows

Oct 26, 2004

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005/Jan/msg00001.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/13000
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17870
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17872
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17875
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17876
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10505
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1173
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-89-1
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/p-029.shtml
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-582
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-05.xml
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_01_sr.html
osvdb.org / 11179
osvdb.org / 11180
osvdb.org / 11324
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-615.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-650.html
securityfocus.com / bid/11526
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