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high 7.5

CVE-2004-1773 json

Multiple buffer overflows in sharutils 4.2.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) long output from wc to shar,…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1767

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in sharutils 4.2.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) long output from wc to shar, or (2) unknown vectors in unshar.

Patch / fix

  • sharutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:4.2.1-12

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1773

  • sharutils RHEL 3 4.2.1-16.2
  • sharutils RHEL 4 4.2.1-22.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:377

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-2004-1773 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 sharutils 4.2.1-16.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 sharutils 4.2.1-16.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 sharutils 4.2.1-22.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 sharutils 4.2.1-22.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 sharutils 4.2.1-16.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 sharutils 4.2.1-22.2
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 sharutils 4.2.1-16.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 sharutils 4.2.1-22.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:377

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

2.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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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