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medium 6.9

CVE-2004-2541 json

Buffer overflow in Cscope 15.5, and possibly multiple overflows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a C file with a long…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2532

cvss
6.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in Cscope 15.5, and possibly multiple overflows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a C file with a long #include line that is later browsed by the target.

Patch / fix

  • cscope Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 15.5+cvs20050816-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2541

  • cscope RHEL 5 15.5-15.1.el5_3.1
  • cscope RHEL 3 15.5-16.RHEL3
  • cscope RHEL 4 15.5-10.RHEL4.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1102RHSA-2009:1101

  • cscope openSUSE Tumbleweed 15.9-1.9

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10705-1

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-2004-2541 updated cvss 5.1

cscope: multiple buffer overflows

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cscope 15.5-16.RHEL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) cscope 15.5-15.1.el5_3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1102
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cscope 15.5-16.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cscope 15.5-10.RHEL4.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cscope 15.5-10.RHEL4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) cscope 15.5-15.1.el5_3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1102
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cscope 15.5-16.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cscope 15.5-10.RHEL4.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cscope 15.5-16.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cscope 15.5-10.RHEL4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1101

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Exploit prediction

1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.