CVE-2004-1256

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) event_text and (2) event_specific functions in abc2midi 2004.12.04 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted ABC files.

Published: 2005-01-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1256 is rated High Exploit Risk (93.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.96%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +10.99% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1256

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25019 exploit_db edb 2004-12-15 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1256

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 2026-02-26 7.96% 18.96% +10.99%
2 2025-03-30 5.05% 7.96% +2.91%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.05% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1256

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-2004-1256

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1256

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1256 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (abcmidi), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1256

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1256

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
abcmidi abcmidi 2004-12-04 cpe:2.3:a:abcmidi:abcmidi:2004-12-04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1256

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