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CVE-2004-2272

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% 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 sockFinger_DataArrival function in efFingerD 0.2.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long finger command.

Affected products

• Evan Sims Effingerd: 0.2.12

References

• http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/efFingerD.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11573
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1010094
• http://www.osvdb.org/5991
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16097
• http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/efFingerD.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11573
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1010094
• http://www.osvdb.org/5991
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16097

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