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CVE-2004-2505: macromedia coldfusion

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 25-10-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-2505 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in macromedia coldfusion. EPSS estimates a 3.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 25-10-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Macromedia ColdFusion MX before 6.1 does not restrict the size of error messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) by sending repeated GET or POST requests that trigger error messages that use long strings of data.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.20% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedosmultipleVerified

    Macromedia ColdFusion MX 6.0 - Oversized Error Message Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Macromedia1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links