CVE-2004-0169 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

QuickTime Streaming Server in MacOS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via DESCRIBE requests with long User-Agent fields, which causes an Assert error to be triggered in the BufferIsFull function.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01913.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Darwin Streaming Server

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:darwin_streaming_server:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0169	QuickTime Streaming Server in MacOS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via DESCRIBE requests with long User-Agent fields, which causes an Assert error to be triggered in the BufferIsFull function.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Feb/msg00000.html
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=75&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/460350
http://www.osvdb.org/6826
http://www.osvdb.org/6837
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9735
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15291

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01304}`	epss `{'score': 0.01913}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.407Z

Reserved: 2004-02-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0169

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-03-15T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0169

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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