What is CVE-2004-0458?

CVE-2004-0458 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nicolas Boullis Mah-Jong, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2004-09-28.

How severe is CVE-2004-0458?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Nicolas Boullis Mah-Jong

CVE-2004-0458

mah-jong before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a missing argument, which triggers a null pointer dereference.

Published 2004-09-28 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Nicolas Boullis Mah-Jong — versions 1.4, 1.6
Debian Linux — versions 3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/10343 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16143 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-503 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2004-0458?: CVE-2004-0458 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nicolas Boullis Mah-Jong, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2004-09-28.
How severe is CVE-2004-0458?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.