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CVE-2004-1236

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1236 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability within the LDAP component of Netscape Directory Server 3.6, impacting HP-UX and other operating systems. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with maximum impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is confirmed, the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 10.0 and significant community discussion, indicating high potential risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netscape:directory_server:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0885 is in the 91st 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: Netscape Directory Server 6.21
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-1236Critical

security flaw

Dec 23, 2004

References

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/14960
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18676
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Vendor Advisory
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/p-083.shtml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/258905
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/12099