CVE-2005-4817 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01148.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Tmsnc	Tmsnc

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.0a:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.0b:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.0b:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.4:::::::*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/16752
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=355808
http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=19311
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14810
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1709
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22242

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-29T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:01:23.449Z

Reserved: 2006-12-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-4817

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-4817

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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