CVE-2004-1666

Exp

Buffer overflow in the MSN module in Trillian 0.74i allows remote MSN servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string that ends in a newline character.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1666 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.90%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.92% 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-2004-1666

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
435 exploit_db edb 2004-09-08 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1666

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 5.97% 9.90% +3.92%
2 2025-10-11 7.54% 5.97% -1.57%
3 2025-03-30 7.54%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1666

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-2004-1666

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1666

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cerulean_studios trillian 0.74i cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.74i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1666

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