# CVE-2004-2505: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending repeated requests that trigger large error messages, consuming memory and crashing the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Oct 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9cmf-77hw-89cq

## What is CVE-2004-2505?

CVE-2004-2505 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Macromedia ColdFusion MX before 6.1 does not restrict the size of error messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) by sending repeated GET or POST requests that trigger error messages that use long strings of data.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2505?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Macromedia Coldfusion.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-2505?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-2505 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2505 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Macromedia ColdFusion MX 6.0 - Oversized Error Message Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2001-1514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1514/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0646](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0646/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2005-4342](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4342/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2001-1427](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1427/): File upload in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2002-1309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1309/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-2505 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-2505 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2505 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2505/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2505/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2505
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2505
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-2505

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