CVE-2004-2078

Exp

Red-M Red-Alert 2.7.5 with software 3.1 build 24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot and loss of logged events) via a long request to TCP port 80, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Published: 2004-02-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2078 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.25%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.17% 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-2004-2078

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23672 exploit_db edb 2004-02-09 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2078

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 2025-11-17 12.07% 18.25% +6.17%
2 2025-03-30 9.93% 12.07% +2.14%
3 2025-03-29 — 9.93% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2078

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-2004-2078

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2078

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
red-m red-alert 2.7.5_v3.1_build_24 cpe:2.3:h:red-m:red-alert:2.7.5_v3.1_build_24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2078

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