CVE-2004-1317

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in doexec.c in Netcat for Windows 1.1, when running with the -e option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DNS command.

Published: 2004-12-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1317 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 77.77%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2004-1317

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16436 exploit_db edb 2010-06-22 Exploit-DB ↗
726 exploit_db edb 2004-12-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1317

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 78.96% 77.77% -1.19%
2 2025-11-24 75.43% 78.96% +3.53%
3 2025-10-21 — 75.43% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1317

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1317

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1317

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2004-1317 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (netcat), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1317

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1317

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netcat netcat - —

References for CVE-2004-1317

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