FKIE_CVE-2004-2238

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:09
Severity
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

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:09:17.227",
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