CVE-2004-1388

critical

Description

Format string vulnerability in the gpsd_report function for BerliOS GPD daemon (gpsd, formerly pygps) 1.9.0 through 2.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain GPS requests containing format string specifiers that are not properly handled in syslog calls.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19079

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2004-1385

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-closed%40lists.debian.org/msg02103.html

http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0125a%5D.txt

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110677341711505&w=2

http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/gpsd-announce/2005-January/000018.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.68195