CVE-2004-0419

XDM in XFree86 opens a chooserFd TCP socket even when DisplayManager.requestPort is 0, which could allow remote attackers to connect to the port, in violation of the intended restrictions.

Published: 2004-08-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0419 is rated Moderate Risk (57.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.80%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0419

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 2025-03-30 4.75% 2.80% -1.96%
2 2025-03-29 2.80% 4.75% +1.96%
3 2025-03-17 — 2.80% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0419

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0419

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0419

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2004-0419 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xdm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0419
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0419
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0419/
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0419 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xorg), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0419

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0419

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
x.org x11r6 6.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86_project xdm cvs cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:xdm:cvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux 1.4 cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0419

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