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CVE-2004-1304

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ELF header parsing code in file before 4.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF file.

Affected products

• File: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 (+6)
• gentoo Linux: all versions
• Trustix Secure Linux: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1012433
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-07.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11771
• http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0063/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18368
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1012433
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-07.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11771
• http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0063/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18368

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