CVE-2004-0693

The GIF parser in the QT library (qt3) before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed image file that triggers a null dereference, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0692.

Published: 2004-09-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0693 is rated Moderate Risk (51.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.89%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.33% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0693

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 1.56% 2.89% +1.33%
2 2025-07-13 1.34% 1.56% +0.22%
3 2025-03-30 1.34%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0693

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0693

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0693

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-0693: 1 GLSA(s) (200408-20), 1 atom(s) (x11-libs/qt); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0693
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0693
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0693 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-2004-0693

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0693

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

References for CVE-2004-0693

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