CVE-2004-0396

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 67.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-06-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in CVS 1.11.x up to 1.11.15, and 1.12.x up to 1.12.7, when using the pserver mechanism allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Entry lines.

Affected products

Cvs: 1.11, 1.12

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0980.html
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2004/05/msg00219.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021742.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108498454829020&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108500040719512&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108636445031613&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=108508894405639&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11641
http://secunia.com/advisories/11647
http://secunia.com/advisories/11651

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