CWE-134
Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
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 (400)
page 6 of 20| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-29740 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Jun 1, 2021 | IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.6 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.3 system core component is affected by a format string security vulnerability. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of process memory, potentially escalating their system privileges and taking… | ||
| CVE-2018-17336 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.01 | Sep 22, 2018 | UDisks 2.8.0 has a format string vulnerability in udisks_log in udiskslogging.c, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive information (stack contents), cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed filesystem label, as… | ||
| CVE-2018-16554 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.02 | Sep 16, 2018 | The ProcessGpsInfo function of the gpsinfo.c file of jhead 3.00 may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a malicious JPEG file, because of inconsistency between float and double in a sprintf format string during TAG_GPS_ALT… | ||
| CVE-2015-8107 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.03 | Apr 13, 2017 | Format string vulnerability in GNU a2ps 4.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. | ||
| CVE-2017-5613 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.03 | Mar 3, 2017 | Format string vulnerability in cgiemail and cgiecho allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a template file. | ||
| CVE-2015-8106 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.04 | Apr 18, 2016 | Format string vulnerability in the CmdKeywords function in funct1.c in latex2rtf before 2.3.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the \keywords command in a crafted TeX file. | ||
| CVE-2023-35086 | Hig | 0.50 | 7.2 | 0.39 | Jul 21, 2023 | It is identified a format string vulnerability in ASUS RT-AX56U V2 & RT-AC86U. This vulnerability is caused by directly using input as a format string when calling syslog in logmessage_normal function, in the do_detwan_cgi module of httpd. A remote attacker with administrator… | ||
| CVE-2026-3509 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Mar 24, 2026 | An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to control the format string of messages processed by the Audit Log of the CODESYS Control runtime system, potentially resulting in a denial‑of‑service (DoS) condition. | ||
| CVE-2026-22190 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Jan 7, 2026 | The egg-mkfont utility in Panda3D versions up to and including 1.10.16 contains an uncontrolled format string vulnerability. The -gp (glyph pattern) command-line option is used directly as the format string for sprintf() with only a single argument supplied. If an attacker… | ||
| CVE-2025-36202 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Sep 22, 2025 | IBM webMethods Integration 10.15 and 11.1 could allow an authenticated user with required execute Services to execute commands on the system due to the improper validation of format string strings passed as an argument from an external source. | ||
| CVE-2024-39529 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Jul 11, 2024 | A Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). If DNS Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA)… | ||
| CVE-2023-24590 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Dec 18, 2023 | A format string issue in the Controller 6000's optional diagnostic web interface can be used to write/read from memory, and in some instances crash the Controller 6000 leading to a Denial of Service. This issue affects: Gallagher Controller 6000 8.60 prior to vCR8.60.231116a… | ||
| CVE-2022-31753 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Jun 13, 2022 | The voice wakeup module has a vulnerability of using externally-controlled format strings. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect system availability. | ||
| CVE-2020-27523 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.02 | Nov 11, 2020 | Solstice-Pod up to 5.0.2 WEBRTC server mishandles the format-string specifiers %x; %p; %c and %s in the screen_key, display_name, browser_name, and operation_system parameter during the authentication process. This may crash the server and force Solstice-Pod to reboot, which… | ||
| CVE-2019-11287 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.05 | Nov 23, 2019 | Pivotal RabbitMQ, versions 3.7.x prior to 3.7.21 and 3.8.x prior to 3.8.1, and RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform, 1.16.x versions prior to 1.16.7 and 1.17.x versions prior to 1.17.4, contain a web management plugin that is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. The "X-Reason"… | ||
| CVE-2019-15547 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Aug 26, 2019 | An issue was discovered in the ncurses crate through 5.99.0 for Rust. There are format string issues in printw functions because C format arguments are mishandled. | ||
| CVE-2019-15546 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Aug 26, 2019 | An issue was discovered in the pancurses crate through 0.16.1 for Rust. printw and mvprintw have format string vulnerabilities. | ||
| CVE-2016-10745 | Hig | 0.49 | 8.6 | 0.03 | Apr 8, 2019 | In Pallets Jinja before 2.8.1, str.format allows a sandbox escape. | ||
| CVE-2019-7715 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Mar 26, 2019 | An issue was discovered in the Interpeak IPCOMShell TELNET server on Green Hills INTEGRITY RTOS 5.0.4. The main shell handler function uses the value of the environment variable ipcom.shell.greeting as the first argument to printf(). Setting this variable using the sysvar… | ||
| CVE-2019-7712 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Mar 26, 2019 | An issue was discovered in handler_ipcom_shell_pwd in the Interpeak IPCOMShell TELNET server on Green Hills INTEGRITY RTOS 5.0.4. When using the pwd command, the current working directory path is used as the first argument to printf() without a proper check. An attacker may thus… |
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.6 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.3 system core component is affected by a format string security vulnerability. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of process memory, potentially escalating their system privileges and taking…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.01
UDisks 2.8.0 has a format string vulnerability in udisks_log in udiskslogging.c, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive information (stack contents), cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed filesystem label, as…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.02
The ProcessGpsInfo function of the gpsinfo.c file of jhead 3.00 may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a malicious JPEG file, because of inconsistency between float and double in a sprintf format string during TAG_GPS_ALT…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.03
Format string vulnerability in GNU a2ps 4.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.03
Format string vulnerability in cgiemail and cgiecho allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a template file.
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.04
Format string vulnerability in the CmdKeywords function in funct1.c in latex2rtf before 2.3.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the \keywords command in a crafted TeX file.
- risk 0.50cvss 7.2epss 0.39
It is identified a format string vulnerability in ASUS RT-AX56U V2 & RT-AC86U. This vulnerability is caused by directly using input as a format string when calling syslog in logmessage_normal function, in the do_detwan_cgi module of httpd. A remote attacker with administrator…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.00
An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to control the format string of messages processed by the Audit Log of the CODESYS Control runtime system, potentially resulting in a denial‑of‑service (DoS) condition.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.00
The egg-mkfont utility in Panda3D versions up to and including 1.10.16 contains an uncontrolled format string vulnerability. The -gp (glyph pattern) command-line option is used directly as the format string for sprintf() with only a single argument supplied. If an attacker…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.00
IBM webMethods Integration 10.15 and 11.1 could allow an authenticated user with required execute Services to execute commands on the system due to the improper validation of format string strings passed as an argument from an external source.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.00
A Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). If DNS Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA)…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
A format string issue in the Controller 6000's optional diagnostic web interface can be used to write/read from memory, and in some instances crash the Controller 6000 leading to a Denial of Service. This issue affects: Gallagher Controller 6000 8.60 prior to vCR8.60.231116a…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
The voice wakeup module has a vulnerability of using externally-controlled format strings. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect system availability.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.02
Solstice-Pod up to 5.0.2 WEBRTC server mishandles the format-string specifiers %x; %p; %c and %s in the screen_key, display_name, browser_name, and operation_system parameter during the authentication process. This may crash the server and force Solstice-Pod to reboot, which…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.05
Pivotal RabbitMQ, versions 3.7.x prior to 3.7.21 and 3.8.x prior to 3.8.1, and RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform, 1.16.x versions prior to 1.16.7 and 1.17.x versions prior to 1.17.4, contain a web management plugin that is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. The "X-Reason"…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
An issue was discovered in the ncurses crate through 5.99.0 for Rust. There are format string issues in printw functions because C format arguments are mishandled.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
An issue was discovered in the pancurses crate through 0.16.1 for Rust. printw and mvprintw have format string vulnerabilities.
- risk 0.49cvss 8.6epss 0.03
In Pallets Jinja before 2.8.1, str.format allows a sandbox escape.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
An issue was discovered in the Interpeak IPCOMShell TELNET server on Green Hills INTEGRITY RTOS 5.0.4. The main shell handler function uses the value of the environment variable ipcom.shell.greeting as the first argument to printf(). Setting this variable using the sysvar…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
An issue was discovered in handler_ipcom_shell_pwd in the Interpeak IPCOMShell TELNET server on Green Hills INTEGRITY RTOS 5.0.4. When using the pwd command, the current working directory path is used as the first argument to printf() without a proper check. An attacker may thus…