CVE catalog

CVE-2004-2698

imwheel: CVE-2004-2698

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.47% · Oct 25, 2026

Race condition in IMWheel 1.0.0pre11 and earlier, when running with the -k option, allows local users to cause a denial of service (IMWheel crash) and possibly modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imwheel.pid file.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianimwheelsid1.0.0pre12-15fixed
Debianimwheelforky1.0.0pre12-15fixed
Debianimwheeltrixie1.0.0pre12-15fixed
Debianimwheelbookworm1.0.0pre12-15fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianimwheelsourcesid1.0.0pre12-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debianimwheelsourceforky1.0.0pre12-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debianimwheelsourcetrixie1.0.0pre12-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debianimwheelsourcebookworm1.0.0pre12-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [imwheel]Fixed
    Details (2)
    • 1.0.0pre12-15 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.0pre12-1

      dsa · imwheel · debian · bookworm; dsa · imwheel · debian · 12

    • 1.0.0pre12-15 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.0pre12-1

      dsa · imwheel · debian · bookworm; dsa · imwheel · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [imwheel]Fixed

    Source package: [imwheel]

    Details (2)
    • 1.0.0pre12-15 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.0pre12-1

      dsa · imwheel · debian · 13

    • 1.0.0pre12-15+b2 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.0pre12-1

      dsa · imwheel · debian · 13

Observed:

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