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CVE-2004-0181

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0181 describes an information leak vulnerability within the JFS file system code in Linux kernel versions 2.4.x. This flaw allows local users to access sensitive in-memory data by directly reading the raw JFS device, as the data is improperly written to the device. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being a potential compromise of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-37.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0181Low

security flaw

Feb 28, 2004

References

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/17002
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15902
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10329
linuxsecurity.com / advisories/engarde_advisory-4285.html
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
securityfocus.com / bid/10143
turbolinux.com / security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txt
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1878