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CVE-2004-1666

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1666 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the MSN module of Trillian 0.74i. This flaw allows a malicious remote MSN server to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system by sending a specially crafted, long string terminated with a newline character. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.74iCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.74i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
9.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-435 · Sep 8, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0990 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/12487
ExploitVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17292
unsecure.altervista.org / security/trillianbof.c
unsecure.altervista.org / security/trillian.htm
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/11142
ExploitVendor Advisory