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CVE-2004-0482

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0482 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities within the procfs component of OpenBSD 3.5 and earlier. These flaws, found in several procfs-related C files, allow local users to read sensitive kernel memory and potentially conduct other unauthorized actions. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring local access with low attack complexity, and could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness despite its age.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ftp.openbsd.org / pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.4/common/020_procfs.patch
Patch
ftp.openbsd.org / pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.5/common/006_procfs.patch
Patch
marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/11605
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16226
deprotect.com / advisories/DEPROTECT-20041305.txt
URL Repurposed
openbsd.org / errata34.html
openbsd.org / errata35.html
osvdb.org / 6114