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CVE-2004-1561

83
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1561 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Icecast 2.0.1 and earlier versions, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, potentially leading to complete compromise of affected systems. While not on the KEV catalog, multiple public exploits exist, including Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, indicating readily available attack tools. Despite its age and exploit availability, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
78.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Icecast Header Overwrite · Sep 28, 2004
ExploitDB: EDB-16763 · Apr 30, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7827 is in the 99th 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

aluigi.altervista.org / adv/iceexec-adv.txt
ExploitVendor Advisory
marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/12666
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17538
osvdb.org / 10446
securiteam.com / exploits/6X00315BFM.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/11271
ExploitPatch