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TI-2004-00943 Aliases CVE-2004-1038GHSA-3hpw-p9mr-gxg9

A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a…

Priority LOW 32Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00483 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ieee:firewire_ieee:1394:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1394VulnerableIEEE
  • cpe:2.3:a:ieee:firewire_ieee:1394:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1394 Vulnerable ·IEEE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-1038
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3hpw-p9mr-gxg9

References

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Sources

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