Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) neon 0.24.4 and earlier, and other products that use neon including (2) Cadaver, (3) Subversion, and (4) OpenOffice, allow remote malicious WebDAV servers to execute arbitrary code.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0179 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.06%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.91% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23999 | exploit_db | edb | 2004-04-14 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 8.14% | 11.06% | +2.91% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 7.83% | 8.14% | +0.32% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 7.83% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0179 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2004-0179 medium priority: Ubuntu including 7 source packages (bazaar, neon, …), 28 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 18, needs-triage 7, DNE 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0179 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| webdav | neon | >= 0.19.0, < 0.24.5 | cpe:2.3:a:webdav:neon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |