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CVE-2004-1471

Published: Feb 13, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
7.1HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
7.7%
Top 6.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Format string vulnerability in wrapper.c in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16 allows remote attackers with CVSROOT commit access to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a wrapper line.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HAu:SC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

cvs
oss-project
cvsOn-prem
DevTools & CI / source-control
openpkg
oss-project
openpkgOn-prem
DevTools & CI / artifact-registry
sgi
commercial·USaka sg i, s g i
propack
Operating Systems
freebsd
oss-project·US
freebsdOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
gentoo
oss-project·USaka gentoo linux
linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
openbsd
oss-project·CA
openbsdOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html
security.e-matters.de
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10499
securityfocus.com
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:14.cvs.asc
ftp.freebsd.org
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