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medium 6.8

CVE-2004-0179 json

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) neon 0.24.4 and earlier, and other products that use neon including (2) Cadaver, (3) Subversi…

published 2004-04-16 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0179

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.1%
EPSS 11.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) neon 0.24.4 and earlier, and other products that use neon including (2) Cadaver, (3) Subversion, and (4) OpenOffice, allow remote malicious WebDAV servers to execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • webdav neon 0.24.5
  • openoffice.org RHEL 3 1.1.0-15.EL
  • openoffice.org-i18n RHEL 3 1.1.0-15.EL
  • openoffice.org-libs RHEL 3 1.1.0-15.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:160

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0179 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.0-15.EL, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.0-15.EL, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.0-15.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.0-15.EL, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.0-15.EL, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.0-15.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:160
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:157
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.0-15.EL, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.0-15.EL, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.0-15.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:160
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:157
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.0-15.EL, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.0-15.EL, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.0-15.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:160
  • Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:158
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:157

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23999)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

11.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23999 Neon WebDAV Client Library 0.2x - Format String dos, 2004-04-14

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.