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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2004-1745 json

Buffer overflow in Painkiller 1.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary…

published 2004-08-24 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1739

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.8%
EPSS 5.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in Painkiller 1.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long password.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-422)

Exploit prediction

5.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-422 Painkiller 1.3.1 - Denial of Service dos, 2004-08-27
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11029 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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