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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2004-1299 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the get_attr function in html.c for vilistextum 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted we…

published 2004-12-22 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1296

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.3%
EPSS 12.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the get_attr function in html.c for vilistextum 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-24983)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-24983 Vilistextum 2.6.6 - HTML Attribute Parsing Buffer Overflow remote, 2004-12-15
  • tigger.uic.edu http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/vilistextum.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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