4.6

CVE-2004-1184: gnu enscript

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-1184
Published 29-01-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-1184 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in gnu enscript. EPSS estimates a 1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
19/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.18%
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 3
DSA-654-1RHSA-2005:039RHSA-2005:040

Timeline

  1. 29-01-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The EPSF pipe support in enscript 1.6.3 allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.18% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.18%

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

Debian1 product
  • enscript< 1.6.4-6
Gnu1 product
  • enscript1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4
Redhat1 product
Sgi1 product
Suse1 product
  • suse_linux1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1:alpha | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3:alpha | 6.4 | 6.4:alpha | 7.0 | 7.0:alpha | 7.1 | 7.1:alpha | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2

5 vendors · 5 products

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