CVE-2004-2238 (GCVE-0-2004-2238)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-07-17 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:22 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Format string vulnerability in vsybase.c in vpopmail 5.4.2 and earlier has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: in a followup post, it was observed that the source code used constants that, when compiled, became static format strings. Thus this is not a vulnerability
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.osvdb.org/9147 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10962 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2004-08-17 00:00
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