CVE-2004-0416 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Double free vulnerability for the error_prog_name string in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 13.21% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-08-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cvs | cvs |
| gentoo | linux |
| openbsd | openbsd |
| openpkg | openpkg |
| sgi | propack |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Remote CVS 1.11.15 - 'error_prog_name' Arbitrary Code Execution | 2004-08-13 |
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040604-01-U.asc
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040605-01-U.asc
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022441.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108716553923643&w=2
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-06.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-519
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:058
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-233.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10070
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A994
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040604-01-U.asc
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040605-01-U.asc
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022441.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108716553923643&w=2
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-06.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-519
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:058
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-233.html
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