Ground Control II: Operation Exodus 1.0.0.7 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (client or server crash) via a large packet, which generates a "Message too long" socket error that is treated as a critical error.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1751 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.08%). Core evidence: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 429 | exploit_db | edb | 2004-08-31 | 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 | 6.69% | 3.08% | -3.61% |
| 2 | 2025-12-10 | 5.84% | 6.69% | +0.85% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 5.84% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 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] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| massive_entertainment | ground_control_ii_operation_exodus | 1.0.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:massive_entertainment:ground_control_ii_operation_exodus:1.0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/gc2boom-adv.txt | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109357154602892&w=2 | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1011075 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11058 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17130 |