CVE-2005-1246

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-04-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the snmppd_log function in snmppd_util.c for snmppd 0.4.5 and earlier may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled in a syslog call.

Affected products

Vladislav Bogdanov Snmppd: 0.4, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3, 0.4.3_special, 0.4.4 (+1)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q2/0022.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15120
http://x82.inetcop.org/h0me/adv1sor1es/INCSA.2005-0x82-027-SNMPPD.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q2/0022.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15120
http://x82.inetcop.org/h0me/adv1sor1es/INCSA.2005-0x82-027-SNMPPD.txt

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