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CVE-2004-2552

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% 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 XBoard 4.2.7 and earlier might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -icshost command line argument. NOTE: since the program is not setuid and not normally called from remote programs, there may not be a typical attack vector for the issue that crosses privilege boundaries. Therefore this may not be a vulnerability.

Affected products

• Tim Mann Xboard: 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 4.2.6 (+1)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-03/0030.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11016
• http://www.osvdb.org/4123
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15362
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-03/0030.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11016
• http://www.osvdb.org/4123
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15362

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