CVE-2004-1866

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2004-1866 · Published 26/03/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-1866 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting ip over dns utility (nstx).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.2%, higher than 88.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ip over dns utility nstx	`= 1.0= 1.1_beta1= 1.1_beta2= 1.1_beta3`	No fix yet

Description

nstxd in Nstx 1.1 beta3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large packet, which triggers a null dereference.

References

marc.info
nstx.dereference.de/nstx/nstx-1.1-beta4.tgz · Patch
securitytracker.com/id · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/9989 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15638

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