When was CVE-2004-0185 disclosed?

CVE-2004-0185 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 15, 2004, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2004-0185 actively exploited?

CVE-2004-0185 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 92.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2004-0185?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2004-0185, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2004-0185

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Buffer overflow in the skey_challenge function in ftpd.c for wu-ftp daemon (wu-ftpd) 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a s/key (SKEY) request with a long name.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 92.5%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

cve@mitreftp://ftp.wu-ftpd.org/pub/wu-ftpd/patches/apply_to_2.6.2/skeychallenge.patch
cve@mitrehttp://unixpunx.org/txt/exploits_archive/packetstorm/0310-advisories/wuftpd-skey.txt
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-457
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-096.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/6X00Q1P8KC.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8893
cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13518
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.wu-ftpd.org/pub/wu-ftpd/patches/apply_to_2.6.2/skeychallenge.patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://unixpunx.org/txt/exploits_archive/packetstorm/0310-advisories/wuftpd-skey.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-457
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-096.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/6X00Q1P8KC.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8893
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13518

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