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CVE-2004-1745

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1745 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Painkiller 1.3.1 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted, long password. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, primarily leading to availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, a Denial of Service exploit for Painkiller 1.3.1 is available on ExploitDB. Despite its age, the vulnerability has a FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100, yet shows no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:people_can_fly:painkiller:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-422 · Aug 27, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0577 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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, 0.0 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

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/12367
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17101
securityfocus.com / bid/11029
ExploitVendor Advisory