7.5

CVE-2004-1773: gnu sharutils

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-1773
Published 28-03-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-1773 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnu sharutils. EPSS estimates a 2.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.1% 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
2.99%
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-2005:377

Timeline

  1. 28-03-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in sharutils 4.2.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) long output from wc to shar, or (2) unknown vectors in unshar.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.99%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.99% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.99%

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
  • sharutils< 1:4.2.1-12
Gnu1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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