CVE-2004-1561 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Icecast 2.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a large number of headers.

Published: 2005-02-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 82.8% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

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:icecast:icecast:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:2.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.82784.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/iceexec-adv.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109640005127644&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109674593230539&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12666/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011439
http://www.osvdb.org/10446
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/6X00315BFM.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11271
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17538

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.78031}`	epss `{'score': 0.78334}`

Subscriptions

Icecast Icecast

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-20T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:53:24.111Z

Reserved: 2005-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1561

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2004-1561

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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