Integer overflow in the "Max-dotdot" CVS protocol command (serve_max_dotdot) for CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, may allow remote attackers to cause a server crash, which could cause temporary data to remain undeleted and consume disk space.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0417 is rated Moderate Risk (51.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.49%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2025-07-13 | 3.89% | 4.49% | +0.60% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 8.15% | 3.89% | -4.26% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 8.15% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2004-0417 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-2004-0417 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0417 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2004-0417 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-2004-0417 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |