{"id":"CVE-2004-0461","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2004-0461","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:38:37.301Z","title":"The DHCP daemon (DHCPD) for ISC DHCP 3.0.1rc12 and 3.0.1rc13, when compiled in environments that do not provide the vsnprintf function, uses C include files that define vsnprintf to use the less safe vsprintf function, which can lead to buffer overflow…","description":"The DHCP daemon (DHCPD) for ISC DHCP 3.0.1rc12 and 3.0.1rc13, when compiled in environments that do not provide the vsnprintf function, uses C include files that define vsnprintf to use the less safe vsprintf function, which can lead to buffer overflow vulnerabilities that enable a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.","published":"2004-08-06T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:05:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["infoblox/dns one appliance","isc/dhcpd","suse/suse email server","suse/suse linux admin-cd for firewall","suse/suse linux connectivity server","suse/suse linux database server","suse/suse linux firewall cd","suse/suse linux office server","mandrakesoft/mandrake linux","redhat/fedora core","suse/suse linux"],"epss":{"score":0.16773,"percentile":0.97015,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108795911203342&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108843959502356&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108938625206063&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/23265","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/654390","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:061","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_19_dhcp_server.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10591","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-174A.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/c/cert_XRX06_004_v11.pdf","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16476","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108795911203342&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108843959502356&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108938625206063&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/23265","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/654390","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:061","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_19_dhcp_server.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10591","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-174A.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/c/cert_XRX06_004_v11.pdf","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16476","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0461","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}