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 9 of 20| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
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| CVE-2022-43953 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Jun 13, 2023 | A use of externally-controlled format string in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiOS all versions 7.0, FortiOS all versions 6.4, FortiOS all versions 6.2, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.7 allows attacker to execute… | ||
| CVE-2022-43619 | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.01 | Mar 29, 2023 | This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DIR-1935 1.03 routers. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw… | ||
| CVE-2023-23783 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Feb 16, 2023 | A use of externally-controlled format string in Fortinet FortiWeb version 7.0.0 through 7.0.1, FortiWeb 6.4 all versions allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted command arguments. | ||
| CVE-2011-1588 | Hig | 0.44 | 7.8 | 0.01 | Nov 14, 2019 | Thunar before 1.3.1 could crash when copy and pasting a file name with % format characters due to a format string error. | ||
| CVE-2026-3008 | Med | 0.43 | 6.6 | 0.00 | Apr 27, 2026 | Successful exploitation of the string injection vulnerability could allow an attacker to obtain memory address information or crash the application. | ||
| CVE-2025-53591 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Jan 2, 2026 | A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data or modify memory. We have already… | ||
| CVE-2025-53407 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Oct 3, 2025 | A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data or modify memory. We have already… | ||
| CVE-2025-53406 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Oct 3, 2025 | A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data or modify memory. We have already… | ||
| CVE-2025-52429 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Oct 3, 2025 | A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data or modify memory. We have already… | ||
| CVE-2025-48730 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Oct 3, 2025 | A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data or modify memory. We have already… | ||
| CVE-2025-55298 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.04 | Aug 26, 2025 | ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to ImageMagick versions 6.9.13-28 and 7.1.2-2, a format string bug vulnerability exists in InterpretImageFilename function where user input is directly passed to… | ||
| CVE-2023-22923 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.01 | May 1, 2023 | A format string vulnerability in a binary of the Zyxel NBG-418N v2 firmware versions prior to V1.00(AARP.14)C0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to cause denial-of-service (DoS) conditions on an affected device. | ||
| CVE-2022-43869 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.01 | Feb 12, 2023 | IBM Spectrum Scale (5.1.0.0 through 5.1.2.8 and 5.1.3.0 through 5.1.5.1) and IBM Elastic Storage System (6.1.0.0 through 6.1.2.4 and 6.1.3.0 through 6.1.4.1) could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service through the GUI using a format string attack. IBM X-Force… | ||
| CVE-2022-40604 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.02 | Sep 21, 2022 | In Apache Airflow 2.3.0 through 2.3.4, part of a url was unnecessarily formatted, allowing for possible information extraction. | ||
| CVE-2021-28846 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.01 | Aug 10, 2021 | A Format String vulnerablity exists in TRENDnet TEW-755AP 1.11B03, TEW-755AP2KAC 1.11B03, TEW-821DAP2KAC 1.11B03, and TEW-825DAP 1.11B03, which could let a remote malicious user cause a denial of service due to a logic bug at address 0x40dcd0 when calling fprintf with "%s: key… | ||
| CVE-2020-15203 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Sep 25, 2020 | In Tensorflow before versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, by controlling the `fill` argument of tf.strings.as_string, a malicious attacker is able to trigger a format string vulnerability due to the way the internal format use in a `printf` call is constructed. This… | ||
| CVE-2014-6262 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.07 | Feb 12, 2020 | Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the python module in RRDtool, as used in Zenoss Core before 4.2.5 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted third argument to the rrdtool.graph… | ||
| CVE-2019-18420 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.03 | Oct 31, 2019 | An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a VCPUOP_initialise hypercall. hypercall_create_continuation() is a variadic function which uses a printf-like format string to interpret its parameters. Error handling… | ||
| CVE-2018-14661 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.03 | Oct 31, 2018 | It was found that usage of snprintf function in feature/locks translator of glusterfs server 3.8.4, as shipped with Red Hat Gluster Storage, was vulnerable to a format string attack. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause remote denial of service. | ||
| CVE-2018-5205 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.02 | Jan 6, 2018 | When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string. |
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
A use of externally-controlled format string in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiOS all versions 7.0, FortiOS all versions 6.4, FortiOS all versions 6.2, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.7 allows attacker to execute…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.01
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DIR-1935 1.03 routers. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
A use of externally-controlled format string in Fortinet FortiWeb version 7.0.0 through 7.0.1, FortiWeb 6.4 all versions allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted command arguments.
- risk 0.44cvss 7.8epss 0.01
Thunar before 1.3.1 could crash when copy and pasting a file name with % format characters due to a format string error.
- risk 0.43cvss 6.6epss 0.00
Successful exploitation of the string injection vulnerability could allow an attacker to obtain memory address information or crash the application.
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.00
A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data or modify memory. We have already…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.00
A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data or modify memory. We have already…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.00
A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data or modify memory. We have already…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.00
A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data or modify memory. We have already…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.00
A use of externally-controlled format string vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to obtain secret data or modify memory. We have already…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.04
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to ImageMagick versions 6.9.13-28 and 7.1.2-2, a format string bug vulnerability exists in InterpretImageFilename function where user input is directly passed to…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.01
A format string vulnerability in a binary of the Zyxel NBG-418N v2 firmware versions prior to V1.00(AARP.14)C0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to cause denial-of-service (DoS) conditions on an affected device.
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.01
IBM Spectrum Scale (5.1.0.0 through 5.1.2.8 and 5.1.3.0 through 5.1.5.1) and IBM Elastic Storage System (6.1.0.0 through 6.1.2.4 and 6.1.3.0 through 6.1.4.1) could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service through the GUI using a format string attack. IBM X-Force…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.02
In Apache Airflow 2.3.0 through 2.3.4, part of a url was unnecessarily formatted, allowing for possible information extraction.
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.01
A Format String vulnerablity exists in TRENDnet TEW-755AP 1.11B03, TEW-755AP2KAC 1.11B03, TEW-821DAP2KAC 1.11B03, and TEW-825DAP 1.11B03, which could let a remote malicious user cause a denial of service due to a logic bug at address 0x40dcd0 when calling fprintf with "%s: key…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.01
In Tensorflow before versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, by controlling the `fill` argument of tf.strings.as_string, a malicious attacker is able to trigger a format string vulnerability due to the way the internal format use in a `printf` call is constructed. This…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.07
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the python module in RRDtool, as used in Zenoss Core before 4.2.5 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted third argument to the rrdtool.graph…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.03
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a VCPUOP_initialise hypercall. hypercall_create_continuation() is a variadic function which uses a printf-like format string to interpret its parameters. Error handling…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.03
It was found that usage of snprintf function in feature/locks translator of glusterfs server 3.8.4, as shipped with Red Hat Gluster Storage, was vulnerable to a format string attack. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause remote denial of service.
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.02
When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.