Is CVE-2004-1172 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2004-1172 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2004-1172?

CVE-2004-1172 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2004-1172?

CVE-2004-1172 has an EPSS score of 81.79% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2004-1172

HIGHEPSS 100th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Agent Browser in Veritas Backup Exec 8.x before 8.60.3878 Hotfix 68, and 9.x before 9.1.4691 Hotfix 40, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a registration request with a long hostname.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

81.79%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/13495/
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273419.htm
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273420.htm
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273422.htm
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273850.htm
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20050111.101_BXEC.cpp.php
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=169
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/907729
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11974
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18506

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.