CVE-2004-0888

Multiple integer overflows in xpdf 2.0 and 3.0, and other packages that use xpdf code such as CUPS, gpdf, and kdegraphics, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code, a different set of vulnerabilities than those identified by CVE-2004-0889.

Published: 2005-01-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0888 is rated High Risk (70.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.72%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0888

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 2026-06-10 4.44% 3.72% -0.72%
2 2025-03-30 19.59% 4.44% -15.14%
3 2025-03-29 19.59%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0888

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0888

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0888

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0888 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (cups, xpdf), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0888
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0888
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0888/
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0888 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (cupsys, gpdf, kdegraphics, koffice, pdftohtml, tetex-bin), 24 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 17, needs-triage 6, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0888

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0888

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
easy_software_products cups 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.0.4_8 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4_2 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4_3 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4_5 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.16 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.19_rc5 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.19_rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gpdf 0.112 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gpdf:0.112:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gpdf 0.131 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gpdf:0.131:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3_beta1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3_beta2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3_beta3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kpdf 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kpdf:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdftohtml pdftohtml 0.32a cpe:2.3:a:pdftohtml:pdftohtml:0.32a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdftohtml pdftohtml 0.32b cpe:2.3:a:pdftohtml:pdftohtml:0.32b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdftohtml pdftohtml 0.33 cpe:2.3:a:pdftohtml:pdftohtml:0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdftohtml pdftohtml 0.33a cpe:2.3:a:pdftohtml:pdftohtml:0.33a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdftohtml pdftohtml 0.34 cpe:2.3:a:pdftohtml:pdftohtml:0.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdftohtml pdftohtml 0.35 cpe:2.3:a:pdftohtml:pdftohtml:0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pdftohtml pdftohtml 0.36 cpe:2.3:a:pdftohtml:pdftohtml:0.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tetex tetex 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tetex tetex 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tetex tetex 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tetex tetex 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 0.90 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 0.91 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 0.92 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 0.93 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 1.0a cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation_server:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0888

URL Tags
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000886
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109880927526773&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110815379627883&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-573
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-581
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-599
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-20.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-30.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:113
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:114
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:115
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:116
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-543.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-592.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-066.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-354.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11501 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2353
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17818
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9714
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-9-1/
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