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.
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.
| 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 ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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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 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:* |