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CVE-2004-1471
Format string vulnerability in wrapper.c in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16 allows remote attackers with CVSROOT…
High7.1EPSS 7.7%
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Description
Format string vulnerability in wrapper.c in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16 allows remote attackers with CVSROOT commit access to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a wrapper line.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.7% · top 5.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 10499 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- cvs-wrapper-format-string(16365) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040609 Advisory 09/2004: More CVS remote vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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