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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 (204)

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CVE-2010-24510.000.02Jun 29, 2010Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the DCC functionality in KVIrc 3.4 and 4.0 have unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.
CVE-2010-13760.000.04Jun 17, 2010Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Network Authorization in Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in a (1) afp, (2) cifs, or (3) smb URL.
CVE-2010-22710.000.00Jun 15, 2010Format string vulnerability in authcfg.cgi in Accoria Web Server (aka Rock Web Server) 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via format string specifiers in the path (aka Password File) parameter.
CVE-2009-48110.000.01Apr 27, 2010VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a \x25\x90 sequence in the USER and PASS commands, a related issue to CVE-2009-3707. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
CVE-2010-11390.000.00Apr 12, 2010Format string vulnerability in vmrun in VMware VIX API 1.6.x, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x on Linux, and VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.7 build 246742, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in process metadata.
CVE-2010-07430.000.06Apr 8, 2010Multiple format string vulnerabilities in isns.c in (1) Linux SCSI target framework (aka tgt or scsi-target-utils) 1.0.3, 0.9.5, and earlier and (2) iSCSI Enterprise Target (aka iscsitarget) 0.4.16 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (tgtd daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that involve the isns_attr_query and qry_rsp_handle functions, and are related to (a) client appearance and (b) client disappearance messages.
CVE-2009-40140.000.02Feb 2, 2010Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Lintian 1.23.x through 1.23.28, 1.24.x through 1.24.2.1, and 2.x before 2.3.2 allow remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors involving (1) check scripts and (2) the Lintian::Schedule module.
CVE-2009-32940.000.02Sep 22, 2009The popen API function in TSRM/tsrm_win32.c in PHP before 5.2.11 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1, when running on certain Windows operating systems, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) "e" or (2) "er" string in the second argument (aka mode), possibly related to the _fdopen function in the Microsoft C runtime library. NOTE: this might not cross privilege boundaries except in rare cases in which the mode argument is accessible to an attacker outside of an application that uses the popen function.
CVE-2008-72280.000.00Sep 14, 2009Multiple format string vulnerabilities in White_Dune before 0.29beta851 have unspecified impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0101.
CVE-2009-31630.000.05Sep 10, 2009Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/command.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client 1.1.8 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a channel name, related to (1) silc_client_command_topic, (2) silc_client_command_kick, (3) silc_client_command_leave, and (4) silc_client_command_users.
CVE-2008-71600.000.05Sep 10, 2009The silc_http_server_parse function in lib/silchttp/silchttpserver.c in the internal HTTP server in silcd in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Content-Length header, related to incorrect use of a %lu format string.
CVE-2008-71590.000.04Sep 10, 2009The silc_asn1_encoder function in lib/silcasn1/silcasn1_encode.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted OID value, related to incorrect use of a %lu format string.
CVE-2009-29160.000.02Aug 21, 2009Format string vulnerability in the CNS_AddTxt function in logs.dll in 2K Games Vietcong 2 1.10 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the nickname.
CVE-2009-21910.000.01Aug 6, 2009Format string vulnerability in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.8 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in an application name.
CVE-2009-12620.000.00Apr 7, 2009Format string vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient 3.0.614, and possibly earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the VPN connection name.
CVE-2008-38710.000.01Apr 1, 2009Multiple format string vulnerabilities in UltraISO 9.3.1.2633, and possibly other versions before 9.3.3.2685, allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the filename of a (1) DAA or (2) ISZ file.
CVE-2009-03640.000.02Mar 26, 2009Format string vulnerability in the mini_calendar component in Citadel.org WebCit 7.22, and other versions before 7.39, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2008-65200.000.03Mar 25, 2009Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the SSI filter in Xitami Web Server 2.5c2, and possibly other versions, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a URI that ends in (1) .ssi, (2) .shtm, or (3) .shtml, which triggers incorrect logging code involving the sendfmt function in the SMT kernel.
CVE-2009-05380.000.00Mar 18, 2009Format 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 remote control file (aka .CHF file).
CVE-2008-64410.000.02Mar 9, 2009Format 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.