CVE-2004-1805

Exp

Format string vulnerability in games using the Epic Games Unreal Engine 436 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in class names.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1805 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.93%, 95th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.10% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1805

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23799 exploit_db edb 2004-03-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1805

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 2026-02-16 12.83% 17.93% +5.10%
2 2025-03-30 13.88% 12.83% -1.06%
3 2025-03-29 — 13.88% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1805

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1805

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1805

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
epic_games unreal_engine 226f cpe:2.3:a:epic_games:unreal_engine:226f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
epic_games unreal_engine 433 cpe:2.3:a:epic_games:unreal_engine:433:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
epic_games unreal_engine 436 cpe:2.3:a:epic_games:unreal_engine:436:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1805

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