CVE-2004-1169

MaxDB WebTools 7.5.00.18 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an HTTP GET request for a file that does not exist, followed by two carriage returns, which causes a NULL dereference.

Published: 2005-01-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1169 is rated Moderate Risk (45/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.41%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1169

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 0.58% 1.41% +0.83%
2 2025-03-17 0.33% 0.58% +0.25%
3 2023-03-07 0.33%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1169

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-2004-1169

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1169

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mysql maxdb 7.5.00.08 cpe:2.3:a:mysql:maxdb:7.5.00.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mysql maxdb 7.5.00.11 cpe:2.3:a:mysql:maxdb:7.5.00.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mysql maxdb 7.5.00.12 cpe:2.3:a:mysql:maxdb:7.5.00.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mysql maxdb 7.5.00.14 cpe:2.3:a:mysql:maxdb:7.5.00.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mysql maxdb 7.5.00.15 cpe:2.3:a:mysql:maxdb:7.5.00.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mysql maxdb 7.5.00.16 cpe:2.3:a:mysql:maxdb:7.5.00.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mysql maxdb 7.5.00.18 cpe:2.3:a:mysql:maxdb:7.5.00.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1169

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