CVE-2004-1494

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the Screen Fetch option in XDICT 2002 through 2005 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ( CPU consumption or application exit) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string.

Affected products

Kingsoft Xdict: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/028241.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109933696831725&w=2
http://secway.org/Advisory/Ad20041026EN.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17929
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/028241.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109933696831725&w=2
http://secway.org/Advisory/Ad20041026EN.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17929

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