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CVE-2004-2652

34
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-2652 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Snort versions prior to 2.3.0. Specifically, the DecodeTCPOptions function in decode.c can be crashed by remote attackers sending malformed TCP/IP options when Snort is configured for FAST output or verbose mode, leading to a null dereference. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact (complete denial of service) with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sourcefire:snort:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.1_rc1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sourcefire:snort:2.1.1_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sourcefire:snort:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sourcefire:snort:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25046 · Dec 22, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1119 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 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

secunia.com / advisories/13664
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
ExploitPatch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18689
taosecurity.blogspot.com / 2004/12/details-on-snort-dos-condition-you-may.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
frsirt.com / exploits/20041222.angelDust.c.php
osvdb.org / 12578
Exploit
securiteam.com / exploits/6X00L20C0S.html
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/12084
Exploit
snort.org / arc_news