CVE-2004-0158

Exp

Buffer overflow in lbreakout2 allows local users to gain 'games' group privileges via a large HOME environment variable to (1) editor.c, (2) theme.c, (3) manager.c, (4) config.c, (5) game.c, (6) levels.c, or (7) main.c.

Published: 2004-03-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0158 is rated Exploit Available (52.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.89%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2004-0158

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23738 exploit_db edb 2004-02-21 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0158

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 2026-06-15 0.50% 0.89% +0.39%
2 2026-01-16 0.26% 0.50% +0.24%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0158

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0158

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0158

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0158 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lbreakout2), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0158

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0158

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lgames lbreakout2 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:lgames:lbreakout2:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lgames lbreakout2 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:lgames:lbreakout2:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lgames lbreakout2 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:lgames:lbreakout2:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lgames lbreakout2 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:lgames:lbreakout2:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lgames lbreakout2 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:lgames:lbreakout2:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lgames lbreakout2 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:lgames:lbreakout2:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lgames lbreakout2 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:lgames:lbreakout2:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lgames lbreakout2 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:lgames:lbreakout2:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0158

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