A "range check error" in Skype for Windows before 0.98.0.28 allows local and remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via long command line arguments or a long callto:// URL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1114.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1777 is rated High Exploit Risk (60/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.92%). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 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 | 2025-03-17 | 1.92% | 0.92% | -1.01% |
| 2 | 2024-12-17 | 1.10% | 1.92% | +0.83% |
| 3 | 2024-04-09 | — | 1.10% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| skype_technologies | skype | <= 0.98.0.27 | cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| skype_technologies | skype | 0.98.0.04 | cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:0.98.0.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |