CVE-2004-0691

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in the BMP image format parser for the QT library (qt3) before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2004-09-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2004-0691 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.69%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2004-0691

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
408 exploit_db edb 2004-08-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0691

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 27.21% 14.69% -12.52%
2 2025-03-30 36.47% 27.21% -9.26%
3 2025-03-29 — 36.47% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0691

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-2004-0691

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0691

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-0691: 1 GLSA(s) (200408-20), 1 atom(s) (x11-libs/qt); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0691
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0691
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0691/
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0691 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (qt-x11-free), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0691

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0691

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trolltech qt <= 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0691

cvelogic Threat Intelligence