Vulnerability in Ultrix Dxterm

CVE-2004-1326

Buffer overflow in dxterm in Ultrix 4.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -setup parameter.

Published 2004-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (66.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ultrix Dxterm

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/12049 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
marc.info/ (mailing-list)
www.frsirt.com/exploits/20041220.ultrix_dxterm_4.5_exploit.c.php (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18613 (vdb-entry)