CVE-2005-4817

critical

Description

Format string vulnerability in ui.c in Textbased MSN Client (TMSNC) before 0.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors that cause format strings to be injected into the wprintw function.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22242

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1709

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14810

http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=19311

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=355808

http://secunia.com/advisories/16752

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-31

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01102