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CVE-2004-0998

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-12-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in telnetd-ssl 0.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Telnetd: 0.17.18, 0.17.25
• Telnetd-Ssl: 0.17.17_0.1.1, 0.17.17_0.1.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/13663
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-616
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/995038
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18654
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13663
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-616
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/995038
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18654

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