Buffer overflow in the Screen Fetch option in XDICT 2002 through 2005 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ( CPU consumption or application exit) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1494 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.74%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.51% 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | 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 | 2.24% | 3.74% | +1.51% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 2.00% | 2.24% | +0.23% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 2.00% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/028241.html | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109933696831725&w=2 | |
| http://secway.org/Advisory/Ad20041026EN.txt | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17929 |