CVE-2004-1388

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 68.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Berlios Gps Daemon: 1.9.0, 1.25, 1.26, 1.91, 1.92, 1.93 (+11)

References

http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/gpsd-announce/2005-January/000018.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110677341711505&w=2
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0125a%5D.txt
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-closed%40lists.debian.org/msg02103.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19079
http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/gpsd-announce/2005-January/000018.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110677341711505&w=2
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0125a%5D.txt
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-closed%40lists.debian.org/msg02103.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19079

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