security flaw
Published Feb 15, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.92%
Description
wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x does not filter or quote control characters when displaying HTTP responses to the terminal, which may allow remote malicious web servers to inject terminal escape sequences and execute arbitrary code.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
wget-0:1.10.1-1.30E.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:771
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
wget-0:1.10.1-2.4E.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:771
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | wget-0:1.10.1-1.30E.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:771 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wget-0:1.10.1-2.4E.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:771 |
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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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 | 11.92% (0.11919) | 95.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.92% (0.11919) | 95.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 13.30% (0.13302) | 93.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 21.92% (0.21920) | 93.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.30% (0.13302) | 93.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 89.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 88.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 86.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 24.06% (0.24062) | 96.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 24.06% (0.24062) | 95.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755 x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110269474112384&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20960 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1488 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617414 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18421 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1488
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9750 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1488
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.