CVE-2004-1494 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the Screen Fetch option in XDICT 2002 through 2005 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ( CPU consumption or application exit) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string.

Published: 2005-02-19

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:kingsoft:xdict:2002:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kingsoft:xdict:2003:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kingsoft:xdict:2004:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kingsoft:xdict:2005:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1488	Buffer overflow in the Screen Fetch option in XDICT 2002 through 2005 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ( CPU consumption or application exit) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02237.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/028241.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109933696831725&w=2
http://secway.org/Advisory/Ad20041026EN.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17929

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Kingsoft Xdict

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-19T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:53:24.067Z

Reserved: 2005-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1494

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-1494

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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