CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2004-1897

MEDIUMEPSS 94th pctl
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Administration interface in Monit 1.4 through 4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) by sending a Basic Authentication request without a password, which causes Monit to decrement a null pointer and perform an out-of-bounds read.

How to fix

Remediation Available
monitDebian
Fixed in:1:4.2.1-1CVE-2004-1897
Fixed in:1:4.2.1-1CVE-2004-1897
Fixed in:1:4.2.1-1CVE-2004-1897
Fixed in:1:4.2.1-1CVE-2004-1897

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

8.67%probability of exploitation in 30 days
94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

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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.