CVE-2004-1283 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the Mesh::type method of the mview program within Mesh Viewer 0.2.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by enticing a user to open a specially crafted mesh file. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and grants complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not on the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | n/aCNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.