A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a device to read and write to sensitive memory using a modified FireWire/IEEE 1394 client, thus bypassing intended restrictions that would normally require greater degrees of physical access to exploit
Published Nov 16, 2004
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.48%
Description
A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a device to read and write to sensitive memory using a modified FireWire/IEEE 1394 client, thus bypassing intended restrictions that would normally require greater degrees of physical access to exploit. NOTE: this was reported in 2008 to affect Windows Vista, but some Linux-based operating systems have protection mechanisms against this attack.
Affected products
No data.
- 1394
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00483) | 39.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00483) | 37.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.10% (0.00101) | 25.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00176) | 56.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00176) | 54.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 8, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 58.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00319) | 65.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.05% (0.05052) | 89.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.05% (0.05052) | 88.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.05% (0.05052) | 75.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (21)
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