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7.5high

CVE-2005-1122

Format string vulnerability in cgi.c for Monkey daemon (monkeyd) before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and poss…

Published 21 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.7%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
0
none known

Format string vulnerability in cgi.c for Monkey daemon (monkeyd) before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP GET request containing double-encoded format string specifiers (aka "double expansion error").

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.69% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

  • secunia.com /advisories/14953 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /15511 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • bugs.gentoo.org /show_bug.cgi?id=87916 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/glsa-200504-14.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred

Sources

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