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critical 10.0

CVE-2004-1289 in the critical feed json

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) the getline function in pcalutil.c and (2) the get_holiday function in readfile.c for pcal 4.7.1 allow rem…

published 2004-12-22 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1286

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.7%
EPSS 14.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) the getline function in pcalutil.c and (2) the get_holiday function in readfile.c for pcal 4.7.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted calendar file.

Patch / fix

  • pcal Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.8.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1289

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-25036)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-25036 PCAL 4.x - Calendar File 'get_holiday' Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2004-12-15
  • EDB-25035 PCAL 4.x - Calendar File 'getline' Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2004-12-15
  • tigger.uic.edu http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/pcal.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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