Format string

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with software through 2016-10-25 Exynos5 chipsets. Attackers can read kernel addresses in the log because an incorrect format specifier is used. The Samsung ID is SVE-2016-7551 January 2017...

CVE-2017-18694

CVE-2017-18694 affects Samsung mobile devices with Exynos5 software up to 2016-10-25. Root cause: an incorrect format specifier in the logging path allows reading kernel addresses from logs, enabling information disclosure. Impact per sources: kernel addresses disclosed; no exploitation details p...

CVE-2020-5204

In uftpd before 2.11, there is a buffer overflow vulnerability in handlePORT in ftpcmd.c that is caused by a buffer that is 16 bytes large being filled via sprintf with user input based on the format specifier string %d.%d.%d.%d. The 16 byte size is correct for valid IPv4 addresses...

Buffer overflow

In uftpd before 2.11, there is a buffer overflow vulnerability in handlePORT in ftpcmd.c that is caused by a buffer that is 16 bytes large being filled via sprintf with user input based on the format specifier string %d.%d.%d.%d. The 16 byte size is correct for valid IPv4 addresses...

Ruby String#unpack Method Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Ruby is a cross-platform, object-oriented, dynamically typed programming language developed by Japanese software developer Yukihiro Matsumoto. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Stringunpack method of Ruby, which stems from the program's failure to properly handle the '@'...

Buffer under-read in String#unpack

An attacker controlling the unpacking format similar to format string vulnerabilities can trigger a buffer under-read in the Stringunpack method, resulting in a massive and controlled information disclosure. Stringunpack receives format specifiers as its parameter, and can be specified the positi...

CVE-2018-1000052

fmtlib version prior to version 4.1.0 before commit 0555cea5fc0bf890afe0071a558e44625a34ba85 contains a Memory corruption SIGSEGV, CWE-134 vulnerability in fmt::print library function that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specifying an invalid format...

CVE-2018-1000052

fmtlib version prior to version 4.1.0 before commit 0555cea5fc0bf890afe0071a558e44625a34ba85 contains a Memory corruption SIGSEGV, CWE-134 vulnerability in fmt::print library function that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specifying an invalid format...

Network Time Protocol ntpq Special Character Filtering Vulnerability

Summary The ntpq saveconfig command does not do adequate filtering of special characters from the supplied filename. Only back slash and forward slash are currently filtered out. There are other special characters that are allowed in the filename which can cause issues during globbing. In additio...

Hewlett-Packard OpenView Network Node Manager nnmRptConfig.exe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of HP Network Node Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within nnmRptConfig.exe CGI which is exposed by the webserver which listens by defaul...

Surgemail and WebMail 3.0 - 'Page' Remote Format String

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27990/info SurgeMail and WebMail are prone to a remote format-string vulnerability because the applications fail to properly sanitize user-supplied input before including it in the format-specifier argument of a formatted-printing function. A remote...

iDefense Security Advisory 01.09.06: Multiple Vendor mod_auth_pgsql Format String Vulnerability

Multiple Vendor modauthpgsql Format String Vulnerability iDefense Security Advisory 01.09.06 http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=367 January 09, 2006 I. BACKGROUND The modauthpgsql apache module allows user authentication against information stored in a PostgreSQL...

mIRC 6.0 - Scripting ASCTime Buffer Overflow

mIRC 6.0 - Scripting ASCTime Buffer Overflow source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5576/info mIRC is a chat client for the IRC protocol, designed for Microsoft Windows based operating systems. mIRC includes support for a scripting language. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in...