CVE-2004-1373

Exp

Format string vulnerability in SHOUTcast 1.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a content URL, as demonstrated in the filename portion of a .mp3 file.

Published: 2004-12-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1373 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 70.07%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2004-1373

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16751 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
830 exploit_db edb 2005-02-19 Exploit-DB ↗
712 exploit_db edb 2004-12-23 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1373

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 86.85% 70.07% -16.79%
2 2025-03-17 97.15% 86.85% -10.29%
3 2025-02-03 97.15%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1373

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-2004-1373

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1373

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-1373: 1 GLSA(s) (200501-04), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/shoutcast-server-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-1373

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1373

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.9.4:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.9.4:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft shoutcast_server 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server:1.9.4:*:win32:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1373

cvelogic Threat Intelligence