CVE-2004-1112

The buffer overflow trigger in Cisco Security Agent (CSA) before 4.0.3 build 728 waits five minutes for a user response before terminating the process, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the buffer overflow protection by sending additional buffer overflow attacks within the five minute timeout period.

Published: 2005-01-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1112 is rated Moderate Risk (45.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.50%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1112

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 0.88% 1.50% +0.63%
2 2025-03-30 0.82% 0.88% +0.06%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.82% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1112

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1112

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1112

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco security_agent 3 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_agent:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco security_agent 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_agent:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco security_agent 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_agent:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco security_agent 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_agent:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco security_agent 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:security_agent:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
okena stormwatch 3.x cpe:2.3:a:okena:stormwatch:3.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1112

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