CVE-2004-0416

Remote CVS 1.11.15 - 'error_prog_name' Arbitrary Code Execution

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de doble liberación en la cadena error_prog_name en CVS 1.12.x a 1.12.8, y 1.11.x a 1.11.16, puede permitir a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario.

A team audit of the CVS codebase has revealed more security related problems. The vulnerabilities discovered include exploitable, potentially exploitable and simple crash bugs. Vulnerable versions are CVS feature releases up to 1.12.8 and stable release up to 1.11.16.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-04-16 CVE Reserved
2004-06-10 CVE Published
2017-11-16 First Exploit
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-05-29 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (14)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022441.html	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108716553923643&w=2	Mailing List
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html	X_refsource_misc
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10070	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A994	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/392	2017-11-16

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-519	2018-05-03

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040604-01-U.asc	2018-05-03
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040605-01-U.asc	2018-05-03
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-06.xml	2018-05-03
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:058	2018-05-03
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-233.html	2018-05-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0416	2004-06-09
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617200	2004-06-09

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.10.7 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.10.7"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.10.8 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.10.8"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.1 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.1"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.1_p1 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.1_p1"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.2 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.2"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.3 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.3"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.4 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.4"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.5 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.5"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.6 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.6"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.10 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.10"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.11 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.11"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.14 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.14"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.15 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.15"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.11.16 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.11.16"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.12.1 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.12.1"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.12.2 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.12.2"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.12.5 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.12.5"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.12.7 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.12.7"		-		Affected
Cvs Search vendor "Cvs"		Cvs Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs"				1.12.8 Search vendor "Cvs" for product "Cvs" and version "1.12.8"		-		Affected
Openpkg Search vendor "Openpkg"		Openpkg Search vendor "Openpkg" for product "Openpkg"				*		-		Affected
Openpkg Search vendor "Openpkg"		Openpkg Search vendor "Openpkg" for product "Openpkg"				1.3 Search vendor "Openpkg" for product "Openpkg" and version "1.3"		-		Affected
Openpkg Search vendor "Openpkg"		Openpkg Search vendor "Openpkg" for product "Openpkg"				2.0 Search vendor "Openpkg" for product "Openpkg" and version "2.0"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Propack Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Propack"				2.4 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Propack" and version "2.4"		-		Affected
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Propack Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Propack"				3.0 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Propack" and version "3.0"		-		Affected
Gentoo Search vendor "Gentoo"		Linux Search vendor "Gentoo" for product "Linux"				1.4 Search vendor "Gentoo" for product "Linux" and version "1.4"		-		Affected
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				*		-		Affected
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				3.4 Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd" and version "3.4"		-		Affected
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				3.5 Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd" and version "3.5"		-		Affected