CVE-2004-2650

Spooler in Apache Foundation James 2.2.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering various error conditions in the retrieve function, which prevents a lock from being released and causes a memory leak.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-2650 is rated Low Risk (26.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2650

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 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
3 2022-02-04 0.89%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2650

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2650

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2004-2650

GHSA-92j7-34x9-f3jw · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Apache James Denial of Service

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2650

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache james 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:james:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2650

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