CVE-2004-1123 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Darwin Streaming Server 5.0.1 and earlier, as well as related Apple products like Mac OS X and QuickTime Streaming Server. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the server by sending a malformed DESCRIBE request containing a null byte in the location field. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, though it has garnered significant community discussion on platforms like GitHub.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:darwin_streaming_server:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:darwin_streaming_server:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime_streaming_server:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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