CVE-2004-0999

zgv 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via segmentation fault) via crafted multiple-image (animated) GIF images.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0999 is rated Low Risk (35.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.41%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0999

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 0.74% 1.41% +0.67%
2 2025-03-30 0.76% 0.74% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 0.76%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0999

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0999

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0999

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0999 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zgv), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0999

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0999

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zgv zgv_image_viewer 5.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:zgv:zgv_image_viewer:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zgv zgv_image_viewer 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:zgv:zgv_image_viewer:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zgv zgv_image_viewer 5.7 cpe:2.3:a:zgv:zgv_image_viewer:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zgv zgv_image_viewer 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:zgv:zgv_image_viewer:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0999

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