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CVE-2004-1485

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the TFTP client in InetUtils 1.4.2 allows remote malicious DNS servers to execute arbitrary code via a large DNS response that is handled by the gethostbyname function.

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109882085912915&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11527
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17878
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109882085912915&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11527
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17878

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