CVE-2004-0914

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 95th percentile. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 2.010.0Critical EPSS percentile95th8.7% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published 2004-12-15Updated 2026-04-16Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

Multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm for 6.8.1 and earlier, as used in XFree86 and other packages, include (1) multiple integer overflows, (2) out-of-bounds memory accesses, (3) directory traversal, (4) shell metacharacter, (5) endless loops, and (6) memory leaks, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or execute arbitrary code via a certain XPM image file. NOTE: it is highly likely that this candidate will be SPLIT into other candidates in the future, per CVE's content decisions.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS95th

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

8.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 95th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 7862 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-06-25OpenVAS check added
2026-04-16Patch availablerecord updated
2004-12-15Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

lesstifoss-project
- lesstifLibraryOSS Libraries / generic-library
x.orgoss-project · US
- x11r6On-premOperating Systems / unix-bsd
xfree86 projectoss-projectaka xfree86 x, x11r6, xfree86
- x11r6On-premOperating Systems / unix-bsd
gentoooss-project · USaka gentoo linux
- linuxOSOn-premOperating Systems / unix-bsd
redhatcommercial · USaka red hat
- fedora coreOn-premOperating Systems / linux-distro
susecommercial · DE
- suse linuxOSOn-premOperating Systems / linux-distro

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Scored 10.0 by NVD.

How it is reached

Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required
Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality CompleteAll information is disclosed
Integrity CompleteAll data can be modified
Availability CompleteTotal shutdown of the affected resource

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-OtherNo name in the record

Sources

References in the record

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