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CVE-2004-0229

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0229 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the framebuffer driver of the Linux kernel 2.6.x, impacting Gentoo and other Linux distributions. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is a low-severity local vulnerability that could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.21:pre4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 3,050 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

Vendor Patches (1)

gentoovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15974
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.html
securityfocus.com / bid/10211
Vendor Advisory