The client for CVS before 1.11 allows a remote malicious CVS server to create arbitrary files using certain RCS diff files that use absolute pathnames during checkouts or updates, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0405.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0180 is rated Moderate Risk (41.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.17%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2025-12-20 | 3.95% | 4.17% | +0.21% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 8.87% | 3.95% | -4.91% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 8.87% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 2.0 | LOW |
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4.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2004-0180 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cvs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0180 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2004-0180: 1 GLSA(s) (200404-13), 1 atom(s) (dev-util/cvs); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0180 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0180 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2004-0180 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cvs), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0180 |