CVE-2004-1038

Published Nov 16, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-1036 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 12:38 AM
Reserved
Nov 16, 2004, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 1, 2005, 5:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:06 PM