CVE-2004-1471

Exp

Format string vulnerability in wrapper.c in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16 allows remote attackers with CVSROOT commit access to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a wrapper line.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1471 is rated High Exploit Risk (78/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.72%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.77% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2004-1471

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24182 exploit_db edb 2004-06-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1471

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 5.95% 7.72% +1.77%
2 2025-03-30 11.58% 5.95% -5.63%
3 2025-03-29 11.58%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1471

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1471

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1471

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1471 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cvs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1471

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2004-1471

Impact: Failed exploit attempts will likely cause a denial of service condition.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1471

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cvs cvs 1.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.10.8 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.1_p1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.10 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.11 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.14 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.15 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.16 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.12.7 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.12.8 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openpkg openpkg 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openpkg openpkg 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openpkg openpkg current cpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:current:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 1.1.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:1.1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.1.6 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.1.6.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.1.7.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2.8 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.4 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.3 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.3 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.3 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:release_p38:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.3 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.3 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.4 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.4 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:release_p42:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.4 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.4 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:release_p32:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.6 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.6 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.6 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:release_p20:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.6 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.6 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.6.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1471

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