Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-2652

Title: Snort DecodeTCPOptions null dereference DoS

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2004-2652

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Dec 31, 2004
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
11.19%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-2652: The DecodeTCPOptions function in decode.c in Snort before 2.3.0, when printing TCP/IP options using FAST output or verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via packets with invalid TCP/IP options, which trigger a null dereference.

Impacted Vendors

M
martin_roesch 1
S
sourcefire 1
C
cisco 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/13664 http://securitytracker.com/id?1012656 http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2004/12/details-on-snort-dos-condition-you-may.html http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20041222.angelDust.c.php http://www.osvdb.org/12578 http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/6X00L20C0S.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12084 http://www.snort.org/arc_news/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18689 http://secunia.com/advisories/13664 http://securitytracker.com/id?1012656 http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2004/12/details-on-snort-dos-condition-you-may.html http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20041222.angelDust.c.php http://www.osvdb.org/12578 http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/6X00L20C0S.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12084 http://www.snort.org/arc_news/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18689
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-2652 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25046
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25047
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.