CVE-2004-2541
Buffer overflow in Cscope 15.5, and possibly multiple overflows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a C file with a long #include line that is later browsed by the target.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in Cscope 15.5, and possibly multiple overflows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a C file with a long #include line that is later browsed by the target.
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
- 1.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.1% 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
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2005-11-20 21:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-11-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cfa70d12fdc958ddb9f5f0aa27b74658153bef69bb13b1950195222f2948bf5c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2732http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
- www.osvdb.org11920http://www.osvdb.org/11920
- secunia.com35462http://secunia.com/advisories/35462
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10069https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10069
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1101http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2007-07-31http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
- secunia.com13237http://secunia.com/advisories/13237
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1064875&group_id=4664&atid=104664
- www.debian.orgDSA-1064http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1064
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200606-10http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-10.xml
- secunia.com20191http://secunia.com/advisories/20191
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1102http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1102.html
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
- secunia.com20564http://secunia.com/advisories/20564
- www.securityfocus.com25159http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
- www.securityfocus.com18050http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18050
- secunia.com26235http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490667
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cscope Fixed in 15.5+cvs20050816-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cscope Fixed in 15.5+cvs20050816-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cscope Fixed in 15.5+cvs20050816-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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