CVE-2004-1038 Security feature bypass in n/a
Attackers with physical access can bypass memory restrictions via modified FireWire clients to read and write sensitive memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-1038?
CVE-2004-1038 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Nov 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1038?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ieee Firewire Ieee.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1038?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1038 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2004-1038 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1038 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3hpw-p9mr-gxg9.