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CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

BaseDraftLikelihood: High

Description

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

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Related attack patterns (CAPEC)

CAPEC-135 · CAPEC-67

CVEs mapped to this weakness (408)

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  • CVE-2009-0538Mar 18, 2009
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00

    Format string vulnerability in Symantec pcAnywhere before 12.5 SP1 allows local users to read and modify arbitrary memory locations, and cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, via format string specifiers in the pathname of a…

  • CVE-2008-6441Mar 9, 2009
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.04

    Format string vulnerability in the Epic Games Unreal engine client, as used in multiple games, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the CLASS parameter in a DLMGR command, (2) a malformed package (PKG), and possibly (3) the LEVEL parameter in a WELCOME command.

  • CVE-2008-6395Mar 4, 2009
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.03

    The web management interface in 3Com Wireless 8760 Dual Radio 11a/b/g PoE Access Point allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a malformed HTTP POST request.

  • CVE-2009-0601Feb 16, 2009
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00

    Format string vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.8 through 1.0.5 on non-Windows platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable.

  • CVE-2008-3940Sep 5, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00

    Format string vulnerability in the finger client in HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS 5.x allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a (1) .plan or (2) .project file.

  • CVE-2008-0965Aug 8, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.06

    Multiple format string vulnerabilities in snoop on Sun Solaris 8 through 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_96, when the -o option is omitted, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an SMB packet.

  • CVE-2008-2310Jul 1, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.03

    Format string vulnerability in c++filt in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.4 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string in (1) C++ or (2) Java source code.

  • CVE-2008-0963Apr 14, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.03

    Format string vulnerability in EMC DiskXtender MediaStor 6.20.060 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted message to the RPC interface.

  • CVE-2008-1658Apr 11, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01

    Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.

  • CVE-2008-1705Apr 9, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.03

    Format string vulnerability in the logging function in IBM solidDB 06.00.1018 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) user name, (2) peer name, and possibly unspecified other fields.

  • CVE-2008-1333Mar 20, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.03

    Format string vulnerability in Asterisk Open Source 1.6.x before 1.6.0-beta6 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via logging messages that are not properly handled by (1) the ast_verbose logging API call, or (2) the astman_append function.

  • CVE-2008-0989Mar 18, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00

    Format string vulnerability in mDNSResponderHelper in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the local hostname.

  • CVE-2008-1206Mar 8, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.04

    Format string vulnerability in the log_message function in lks.c in Linux Kiss Server 1.2, when background (daemon) mode is disabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid command.

  • CVE-2008-0072Mar 6, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.06

    Format string vulnerability in the emf_multipart_encrypted function in mail/em-format.c in Evolution 2.12.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted encrypted message, as demonstrated using the Version field.

  • CVE-2008-1120Mar 3, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.03

    Format string vulnerability in the embedded Internet Explorer component for Mirabilis ICQ 6 build 6043 allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to HTML code generation.

  • CVE-2007-6625Jan 4, 2008
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.02

    The Platform Service Process (asampsp) in Fan-Out Driver Platform Services for Novell Identity Manager (IDM) 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified network traffic that triggers a syslog message containing invalid format string…

  • CVE-2007-4708Dec 19, 2007
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.05

    Format string vulnerability in Address Book in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the URL handler.

  • CVE-2007-6183Nov 30, 2007
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.03

    Format string vulnerability in the mdiag_initialize function in gtk/src/rbgtkmessagedialog.c in Ruby-GNOME 2 (aka Ruby/Gnome2) 0.16.0, and SVN versions before 20071127, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the message…

  • CVE-2007-3880Nov 14, 2007
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00

    Format string vulnerability in srsexec in Sun Remote Services (SRS) Net Connect 3.2.3 and 3.2.4, as distributed in the SRS Proxy Core (SUNWsrspx) package, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in unspecified input that is logged through syslog.

  • CVE-2007-5396Nov 10, 2007
    risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.02

    Format string vulnerability in the ext_yahoo_contact_added function in yahoo.c in Miranda IM 0.7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Y7 Buddy Authorization packet with format string specifiers in the contact Yahoo! handle (who).