CVE-2004-0453

Format string vulnerability in the monitor "memory dump" command in VICE 1.6 to 1.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (emulator crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an output string.

Published: 2004-08-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0453 is rated Moderate Risk (41.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.43%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0453

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 0.07% 0.43% +0.36%
2 2023-03-07 1.59% 0.07% -1.52%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.59% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0453

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0453

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0453

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0453 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vice), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0453

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0453

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vice vice 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:vice:vice:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vice vice 1.13 cpe:2.3:a:vice:vice:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vice vice 1.14 cpe:2.3:a:vice:vice:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0453

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