CVE-2004-0188
Heap-based buffer overflow in Calife 2.8.5 and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long password.
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Calife 2.8.5 and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long password.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-03-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 202693840fcb601076dd8fa840312ec7653ceda0d6a9c709a783baf0016cd510
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com9756http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9756
- www.securityfocus.com9776http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9776
- www.debian.orgDSA-461http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-461
- marc.info20040227 Calife heap corrupt / potential local root exploithttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107789737832092&w=2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcalife-long-password-bo(15335)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15335
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- calife Fixed in 2.8.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- calife Fixed in 2.8.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- calife Fixed in 2.8.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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