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CVE-2004-1290

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1290 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the process_moves function of pgn2web version 0.3, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted PGN file. This vulnerability carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based exploitation, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:william_hoggarth:pgn2web:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0479 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18554
tigger.uic.edu / ~jlongs2/holes/pgn2web.txt