CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-0414

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVS versions 1.12.x through 1.12.8 and 1.11.x through 1.11.16 do not properly handle malformed 'Entry' lines. This may lead to a NULL terminator not being used, resulting in a denial of service (crash), modification of critical program data, or arbitrary code execution.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to attacks leading to system crashes, changes to critical data, or execution of unauthorized code, which can affect the integrity and availability of services.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version of CVS to mitigate this vulnerability and conduct a security audit of systems using this application.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, does not properly handle malformed "Entry" lines, which prevents a NULL terminator from being used and may lead to a denial of service (crash), modification of critical program data, or arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS