CVE-2004-2160

critical

Description

Format string vulnerability in xml_elem.c for XMLStarlet Command Line XML Toolkit 0.9.3 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

References

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=268962

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/xmlstar/xmlstarlet/src/xml_elem.c?r1=1.17&r2=1.18

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00759