CVE-2004-0110

Exp

Buffer overflow in the (1) nanohttp or (2) nanoftp modules in XMLSoft Libxml 2 (Libxml2) 2.6.0 through 2.6.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL.

Published: 2004-03-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0110 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.34%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-0110

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
601 exploit_db edb 2004-10-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0110

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-10 42.94% 41.34% -1.60%
2 2025-11-07 43.70% 42.94% -0.76%
3 2025-09-05 43.70%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0110

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0110

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0110

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0110 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxml2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0110
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0110
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0110 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libxml), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0110

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0110

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sgi propack 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml 1.8.17 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml:1.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.19 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 2.4.23 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 2.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 2.5.10 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 2.5.11 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 2.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0110

URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107851606605420&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107860178228804&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-090.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/10958/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-01.xml
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-086.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-455
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/493966 US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_01_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-091.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-650.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9718 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.xmlsoft.org/news.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15301
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15302
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11626
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A833
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A875
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