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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2004-0104 in the critical feed json

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Metamail 2.7 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

published 2004-02-19 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0104

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
26.2%
EPSS 26.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Metamail 2.7 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

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-2004-0104 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:073

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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23728)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

26.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23728 Metamail 2.7 - Multiple Buffer Overflow / Format String Handling Vulnerabilities remote, 2004-02-18
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9692 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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