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CVE-2004-0688

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0688 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in libXpm before version 6.8.1, affecting products like OpenBSD, SUSE, X.Org, and XFree86. A remote attacker could exploit these flaws by crafting a malicious XPM image file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0725 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (27)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: XFree86-0:4.3.0-69.EL
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: openmotif-0:2.2.3-4.RHEL3.4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-9.RHEL3.4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: jabberd-0:2.0s10-3.38.rhn
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-apache-0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modjk-0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modperl-0:1.29-16.rhel4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modssl-0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: jabberd-0:2.0s10-3.37.rhn
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-9.RHEL3.8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-apache-0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modjk-0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modperl-0:1.29-16.rhel3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modssl-0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0688Moderate

openmotif21 stack overflows in libxpm

Sep 15, 2004

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
ftp.x.org / pub/X11R6.8.0/patches/README.xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patch
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html
marc.info
scary.beasts.org / security/CESA-2004-003.txt
secunia.com / advisories/20235
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17416
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11796
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
usn.ubuntu.com / 27-1
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-560
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-34.xml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-07.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/537878
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2004_34_xfree86_libs_xshared.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00001.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-537.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-004.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/434715/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/11196
PatchVendor Advisory
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA05-136A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1914