CVE-2004-1484

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.3% 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 _msg function in error.c in socat 1.4.0.3 and earlier, when used as an HTTP proxy client and run with the -ly option, allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a syslog message.

Affected products

Socat: 1.0.3.0, 1.0.4.0, 1.0.4.1, 1.0.4.2, 1.1.0.0, 1.1.0.1 (+10)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/12936/
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/advisory/socat-adv-1.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-26.xml
http://www.nosystem.com.ar/advisories/advisory-07.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11505
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17822
http://secunia.com/advisories/12936/
http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/advisory/socat-adv-1.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-26.xml
http://www.nosystem.com.ar/advisories/advisory-07.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11505
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17822

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