CVE-2004-1304
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ELF header parsing code in file before 4.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF file.
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ELF header parsing code in file before 4.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF file.
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
- 11.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% 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
- 2004-12-22 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-12-21
- 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
- b96ca9aa43f729bc7756b53d5abee321c805b37fc1dd0cd4d293b27cb310a651
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.trustix.net2004-0063http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0063/
- securitytracker.com1012433http://securitytracker.com/id?1012433
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200412-07http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-07.xml
- www.securityfocus.com11771http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11771
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfile-elf-header-bo(18368)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18368
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- file Fixed in 4.12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- file Fixed in 4.12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- file Fixed in 4.12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.