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Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-0418 · published 6 August 2004

CVE-2004-0418: Cvs vulnerability

CCvs · Cvs

serve_notify in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, does not properly handle empty data lines, which may allow remote attackers to perform an "out-of-bounds" write for a single byte to execute arbitrary code or modify critical program data.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.7% · top 7.3%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
5.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
5Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

serve_notify in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, does not properly handle empty data lines, which may allow remote attackers to perform an "out-of-bounds" write for a single byte to execute arbitrary code or modify critical program data.

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

Affected products

5 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-519 PatchVendor Advisory
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%3A1003
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11242
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 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-519 PatchVendor Advisory
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%3A1003
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11242

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-0418), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.