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low 2.6

CVE-2004-0180 json

The client for CVS before 1.11 allows a remote malicious CVS server to create arbitrary files using certain RCS diff files that use absolut…

published 2004-04-16 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0180

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The client for CVS before 1.11 allows a remote malicious CVS server to create arbitrary files using certain RCS diff files that use absolute pathnames during checkouts or updates, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0405.

Patch / fix

  • cvs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.12.5-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0180

  • cvs RHEL 3 1.11.2-18

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:153

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-2004-0180 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cvs 1.11.2-18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cvs 1.11.2-18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cvs 1.11.2-18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cvs 1.11.2-18
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:153
  • Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:154

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.