Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-1728 · published 20 August 2004

CVE-2004-1728: British national corpus sara vulnerability

BBritish National Corpus · Sara

Buffer overflow in British National Corpus SARA (sarad) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling the client with a long string.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.5% · top 7.5%

7.5CVSS 2.0 base score

5.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

8References, 4 tagged exploit

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in British National Corpus SARA (sarad) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling the client with a long string.

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

Affected products

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

BSara British National Corpus

References

Link	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109308454122827&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12348	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10984	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17060
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109308454122827&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12348	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10984	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17060

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-1728), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.