CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-7074

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Aug 25, 2009 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Format string vulnerability in MemeCode Software i.Scribe 1.88 through 2.00 before Beta9 allows remote SMTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a server response, which is not properly handled when displaying the signon message.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
I.scribe Memcode 1.88 (including) 1.88 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 1.89 (including) 1.89 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 1.90 (including) 1.90 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 2.00-alpha1 (including) 2.00-alpha1 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 2.00-alpha2 (including) 2.00-alpha2 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 2.00-alpha3 (including) 2.00-alpha3 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 2.00-alpha4 (including) 2.00-alpha4 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 2.00-beta10 (including) 2.00-beta10 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 2.00-beta11 (including) 2.00-beta11 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 2.00-beta6 (including) 2.00-beta6 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 2.00-beta7 (including) 2.00-beta7 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 2.00-beta8 (including) 2.00-beta8 (including)
I.scribe Memcode 2.00-beta9 (including) 2.00-beta9 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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