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CVE-2004-2405

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-2405 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in multiple F-Secure Anti-Virus products, including versions 5.42 and earlier, as well as F-Secure for Firewalls and Internet Security. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass scanning or trigger a denial of service (crash or module restart) by submitting a specially crafted LHA archive. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
<= 5.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:mimesweeper:*:*:*:*:*
<= 5.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:windows_servers:*:*:*:*:*
<= 5.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:workstations:*:*:*:*:*
<= 5.52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:client_security:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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

secunia.com / advisories/11712
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16258
f-secure.com / security/fsc-2004-1.shtml
PatchVendor Advisory