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CVE-2004-1291

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1291 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in amir_malik qwik_smtpd, allowing remote attackers to use the server as an SMTP spam relay. This occurs when a long HELO command overwrites the adjacent localIP data buffer. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:amir_malik:qwik_smtpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25004 · Dec 15, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0246 is in the 69th 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/18555
tigger.uic.edu / ~jlongs2/holes/qwik-smtpd.txt
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