CVE-2004-2280 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in IBM Lotus Notes versions 6.5.x prior to 6.5.3 and 6.0.x prior to 6.0.5. This flaw, related to Java applets, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by crashing the application. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only impacting availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists for multiple Java applet vulnerabilities in the affected versions, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.