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CVE-2004-0904

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0904 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the bitmap (BMP) decoder of Mozilla Firefox (before Preview Release), Mozilla (before 1.7.3), and Thunderbird (before 0.8). This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted wide bitmap files, leading to heap-based buffer overflows. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0801 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0904

security flaw

Aug 27, 2004

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
marc.info
marc.info
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17381
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10952
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/847200
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mozilla.org / projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
securityfocus.com / bid/11171
Vendor Advisory
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA04-261A.html
US Government Resource