Description
QuickTime Streaming Server in MacOS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via DESCRIBE requests with long User-Agent fields, which causes an Assert error to be triggered in the BufferIsFull function.
Published: 2004-09-01
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0169 QuickTime Streaming Server in MacOS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via DESCRIBE requests with long User-Agent fields, which causes an Assert error to be triggered in the BufferIsFull function.
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01304}

epss

{'score': 0.01913}


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Apple Darwin Streaming Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.407Z

Reserved: 2004-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0169

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-03-15T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0169

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