CVE-2004-1437

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in the digest authentication functionality in Pavuk 0.9.28-r2 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1437 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.37%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1437

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
380 exploit_db edb 2004-08-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1437

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 15.39% 13.37% -2.02%
2 2026-01-08 17.92% 15.39% -2.53%
3 2025-03-30 — 17.92% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1437

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-2004-1437

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1437

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-1437: 1 GLSA(s) (200407-19), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/pavuk); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-1437

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1437

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pavuk pavuk 0.9pl28i cpe:2.3:a:pavuk:pavuk:0.9pl28i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pavuk pavuk 0.928r1 cpe:2.3:a:pavuk:pavuk:0.928r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pavuk pavuk 0.928r2 cpe:2.3:a:pavuk:pavuk:0.928r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1437

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