CVE-2004-0169 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apple QuickTime Streaming Server in MacOS X versions 10.2.8 and 10.3.2. Remote attackers can crash the server by sending DESCRIBE requests containing excessively long User-Agent fields, triggering an assertion error. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for a denial of service with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions across various platforms.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:darwin_streaming_server:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.