CVE-2004-2029

Exp

The Util_DecodeHTTPAuth function in BNBT BitTorrent Tracker Beta 7.5 Release 2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Basic Authorization HTTP request with a "A==" value.

Published: 2004-05-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2029 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.56%, 94th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.58% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2004-2029

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1199 exploit_db edb 2005-09-06 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2029

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 2025-12-06 11.99% 13.56% +1.58%
2 2025-03-30 8.62% 11.99% +3.36%
3 2025-03-29 — 8.62% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2029

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-2004-2029

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2029

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trevor_hogan bnbt 7.5_beta_release2 cpe:2.3:a:trevor_hogan:bnbt:7.5_beta_release2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2029

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