CVE-2004-0416

Exp

Double free vulnerability for the error_prog_name string in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2004-08-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0416 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 40.61%, 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-2004-0416

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
392 exploit_db edb 2004-08-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0416

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 2026-02-08 43.03% 40.61% -2.42%
2 2025-05-29 44.63% 43.03% -1.60%
3 2025-03-30 44.63%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0416

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0416

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0416

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0416 not yet assigned 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-2004-0416
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0416
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0416 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-2004-0416

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0416

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cvs cvs 1.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.10.8 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.1_p1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.10 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.11 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.14 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.15 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.16 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.12.7 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.12.8 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openpkg openpkg cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openpkg openpkg 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openpkg openpkg 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 3.4 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0416

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