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CVE-2004-2160

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-2160 describes a format string vulnerability in the xml_elem.c component of XMLStarlet Command Line XML Toolkit version 0.9.3. This flaw could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 6.4, it is considered a medium severity vulnerability, requiring low attack complexity and impacting both integrity and availability. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xmlstarlet:command_line_xml_toolkit:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0169 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cvs.sourceforge.net / viewcvs.py/xmlstar/xmlstarlet/src/xml_elem.c
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
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