CVE catalog
CVE-2004-1488
wget: CVE-2004-1488
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 11.92% · Oct 25, 2026
wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x does not filter or quote control characters when displaying HTTP responses to the terminal, which may allow remote malicious web servers to inject terminal escape sequences and execute arbitrary code.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | wget | sid | 1.25.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | wget | forky | 1.25.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | wget | trixie | 1.25.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | wget | bookworm | 1.21.3-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | wget | source | sid | 1.9.1-11 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | wget | source | forky | 1.9.1-11 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | wget | source | trixie | 1.9.1-11 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | wget | source | bookworm | 1.9.1-11 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [wget]Fixed
Details (2)
1.21.3-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.9.1-11dsa · wget · debian · bookworm; dsa · wget · debian · 12
1.21.3-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.9.1-11dsa · wget · debian · bookworm; dsa · wget · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [wget]Fixed
Details (2)
1.25.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.9.1-11dsa · wget · debian · 13
1.25.0-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.9.1-11dsa · wget · debian · 13
Observed: