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CVE-2004-1010

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CVE-2004-1010 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Info-Zip 2.3 and potentially earlier versions, specifically when handling recursive folder compression. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious ZIP file containing an excessively long pathname. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:zip:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
9.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0925 is in the 92nd 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: zip-0:2.3-16.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-1010Low

security flaw

Nov 3, 2004

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/028379.html
marc.info
bugzilla.fedora.us / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/13094
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200411-16.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17956
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9848
usn.ubuntu.com / 18-1
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/p-072.shtml
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-624
hexview.com / docs/20041103-1.txt
info-zip.org / FAQ.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-634.html
securityfocus.com / bid/11603
PatchVendor Advisory
turbolinux.com / security/2005/TLSA-2005-18.txt