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CVE-2004-0998

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0998 describes a format string vulnerability in telnetd-ssl versions 0.17 and earlier, impacting the telnetd-ssl product. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity, and allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with low attack complexity. While the potential impact includes partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.17.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.17.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.17.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.17.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.17.17_0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd-ssl:0.17.17_0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.17.17_0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd-ssl:0.17.17_0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.17.17_0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd-ssl:0.17.17_0.1.2:*:woody1:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0550 is in the 86th 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)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/13663
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18654
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-616
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/995038
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource