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CVE-2004-1284

49
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1284 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the find_next_file function of mpg123 version 0.59r, specifically affecting the mpg123 audio player. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted MP3 playlist. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.59mCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mpg123:mpg123:0.59m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.59nCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mpg123:mpg123:0.59n:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.59oCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mpg123:mpg123:0.59o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.59pCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mpg123:mpg123:0.59p:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.59qCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mpg123:mpg123:0.59q:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
14.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-24852 · Dec 15, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1446 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18626
tigger.uic.edu / ~jlongs2/holes/mpg123.txt
ExploitVendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_01_sr.html