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CVE-2004-1471

Published: Feb 13, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
7.1CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
7.7%
Top 6.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Format string vulnerability in wrapper.c in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16 allows remote attackers with CVSROOT commit access to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a wrapper line.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HAu:SC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
cvscvs
On-prem
DevTools & CI / source-control
openpkgopenpkg
On-prem
DevTools & CI / artifact-registry
propacksgiOperating Systems
freebsdfreebsd
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
cvsoss-projectDevTools & CIaka cvs
openpkgoss-projectDevTools & CI
sgicommercialUSOperating Systemsaka sg i, s g i
freebsdoss-projectUSOperating Systems
and 2 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html
security.e-matters.de
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10499
securityfocus.com
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:14.cvs.asc
ftp.freebsd.org
and 2 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Feb 13, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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