CVE-2004-1471

N/A Unknown
Published: December 31, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:14.cvs.asc
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022441.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10499
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16365
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:14.cvs.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022441.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10499
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16365
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.9%
91th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

openpkg cvs openbsd sgi freebsd gentoo