CVE-2004-1304 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2004-1304

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ELF header parsing code in...

Vulnerability Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ELF header parsing code in file before 4.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF file.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Medium 4.6

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

file, linux, secure linux
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2

Timeline

Official Publish: December 22nd, 2004
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.