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CVE-2004-0180

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0180 describes a vulnerability in CVS client versions prior to 1.11, where a malicious CVS server could create arbitrary files on a client system. This is achieved by using specially crafted RCS diff files containing absolute pathnames during checkout or update operations. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity and only partial impact on integrity, with no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0183 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 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 0.3 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cvs-0:1.11.2-18
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0180Low

security flaw

Apr 14, 2004

References

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:07.cvs.asc
PatchVendor Advisory
ftp.openbsd.org / pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.5/common/002_cvs.patch
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040404-01-U.asc
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/11368
secunia.com / advisories/11371
secunia.com / advisories/11374
secunia.com / advisories/11375
secunia.com / advisories/11377
secunia.com / advisories/11380
secunia.com / advisories/11391
secunia.com / advisories/11400
secunia.com / advisories/11405
secunia.com / advisories/11548
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200404-13.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15864
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1042
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9462
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-486
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-153.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-154.html
PatchVendor Advisory
slackware.com / security/viewer.php