What is CVE-2004-1002?

CVE-2004-1002 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samba Ppp, classified under Integer Underflow. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2005-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2004-1002?

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

Integer overflow in Samba Ppp

CVE-2004-1002

Integer underflow in pppd in cbcp.c for ppp 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CBCP packet with an invalid length value that causes pppd to access an incorrect memory location.

Published 2005-03-01 · 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: 0.027 (85.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samba Ppp — versions 2.4.1
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 4.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-191 — Integer Underflow

References

www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-12-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17874 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379450 (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2004-1002?: CVE-2004-1002 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samba Ppp, classified under Integer Underflow. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2005-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2004-1002?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.