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CVE-2004-1224

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Off-by-one error in the mtr_curses_keyaction function for mtr 0.55 through 0.65 allows local users to hijack raw sockets, as demonstrated using the "s" keybinding, which leaves a buffer without a NULL terminator.

Affected products

• mtr: 0.55, 0.56, 0.57, 0.58, 0.59, 0.60 (+5)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110279034910663&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18428
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110279034910663&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18428

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