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CVE-2004-0169
QuickTime Streaming Server in MacOS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via DESCRIBE requests…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.5%
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- mitre
Description
QuickTime Streaming Server in MacOS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via DESCRIBE requests with long User-Agent fields, which causes an Assert error to be triggered in the BufferIsFull function.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- APPLE-SA-2004-02-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 20040223 Darwin Streaming Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 6826 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- VU#460350 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 9735 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 6837 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- darwin-describe-request-dos(15291) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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