CVE-2004-1728

CVE-2004-1728 describes a remote buffer overflow vulnerability in the British National Corpus SARA (sarad) software. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by providing a long string to the client, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.