CVE-2004-1010

Buffer overflow in Info-Zip 2.3 and possibly earlier versions, when using recursive folder compression, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ZIP file containing a long pathname.

Published: 2005-03-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1010 is rated High Risk (76.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.07%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2004-1010

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 6.06% 9.07% +3.01%
2 2025-03-30 12.23% 6.06% -6.17%
3 2025-03-29 12.23%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1010

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-2004-1010

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1010

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1010 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (zip), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1010
gentoo normal CVE-2004-1010: 1 GLSA(s) (200411-16), 1 atom(s) (app-arch/zip); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-1010
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1010
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-1010 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zip), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1010

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1010

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
info-zip zip 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:zip:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1010

URL Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/028379.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109958840611053&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13094/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-16.xml
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-072.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-624
http://www.hexview.com/docs/20041103-1.txt
http://www.info-zip.org/FAQ.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:141
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-634.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11603 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2005/TLSA-2005-18.txt
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2255
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17956
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9848
https://usn.ubuntu.com/18-1/
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