CVE-2004-2552
Buffer overflow in XBoard 4.2.7 and earlier might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -icshost command line argument. NOTE: since the program is not setuid and not normally called
02 Description
Buffer overflow in XBoard 4.2.7 and earlier might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -icshost command line argument. NOTE: since the program is not setuid and not normally called
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
- 0.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 49.9% 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
- 2005-11-21 11:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-11-21
- 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
- 38cb259dcff5f9ca2cdc122ee0fc228ca177b618d40ff3a5c6fcdae0481b688c
05 Affected products
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20040301 Smashing "XBoard 4.2.7(All versions)" For Fun & Profit.*Unpublished Local Stack Overflow Vulnerablity!http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-03/0030.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxboard-icshost-bo(15362)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15362
- secunia.com11016http://secunia.com/advisories/11016
- www.osvdb.org4123http://www.osvdb.org/4123
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xboard Fixed in 4.2.7-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xboard Fixed in 4.2.7-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xboard Fixed in 4.2.7-3
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.