7.5

CVE-2004-0998: telnetd

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-0998DSA-616-1
Published 31-12-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-0998 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in telnetd. EPSS estimates a 5.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.50%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 31-12-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Format string vulnerability in telnetd-ssl 0.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.50% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
5.50%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Telnetd2 products
Debian1 product
  • netkit-telnet-ssl< 0.17.24+0.1-6 | < 0.17.17+0.1-2woody3

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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