CVE-2004-1494

CVE-2004-1494 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Screen Fetch option of Kingsoft XDICT versions 2002 through 2005. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service, such as high CPU consumption or application crashes, and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a long string. With a CVSS score of 5.0 and an AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P vector, it is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication, primarily leading to availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating some level of awareness despite a lack of media coverage.