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cvs — security advisory
serve_notify in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, does not properly handle empty data lines, which may allow remote attackers to perform an "out-of-bounds" write for a single byte to execute arbitrary code or modify critical program data.
- Products
- cvs
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:1.12.9-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2004-0418
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
serve_notify in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, does not properly handle empty data lines, which may allow remote attackers to perform an "out-of-bounds" write for a single byte to execute arbitrary code or modify critical program data.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0418
cvs
Fixed versions: 1:1.12.9-1
cvs
Fixed versions: 1:1.12.9-1
cvs
Fixed versions: 1:1.12.9-1
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0418",
"method": "structured",
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],
"modified": "2026-10-21T15:47:33.538943292Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0418"
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 393993,
"published_at": "2004-08-06T04:00:00+00:00"
}