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CVE-2004-0778: gnu cvs Observable Discrepancy

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-0778
Published 18-08-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-0778 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Observable Discrepancy vulnerability in gnu cvs. EPSS estimates a 2.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2004:233

Timeline

  1. 18-08-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

CVS 1.11.x before 1.11.17, and 1.12.x before 1.12.9, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and directories via the -X command for an alternate history file, which causes different error messages to be returned.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • cvs< 1:1.12.9
Gnu1 product
  • cvs≥ 1.11.0, < 1.11.17 | ≥ 1.12.0, < 1.12.9

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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