CVE-2005-2409

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-08-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in util.c in nbsmtp 0.99 and earlier, while running in debug mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled in a syslog call.

Affected products

Nbsmtp: through 0.99

References

http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/nbsmtp-20050726.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/16279
http://secunia.com/advisories/16324
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14441
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/debbb39c-fdb3-11d9-a30d-00b0d09acbfc.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21674
http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/nbsmtp-20050726.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/16279
http://secunia.com/advisories/16324
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14441
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/debbb39c-fdb3-11d9-a30d-00b0d09acbfc.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21674

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