Format string vulnerability in wrapper.c in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16 allows remote attackers with CVSROOT commit access to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a wrapper line
Published Feb 13, 2005
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.72%
Description
Format string vulnerability in wrapper.c in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16 allows remote attackers with CVSROOT commit access to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a wrapper line.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.10.7
- 1.10.8
- 1.11
- 1.11.1
- 1.11.1_p1
- 1.11.2
- 1.11.3
- 1.11.4
- 1.11.5
- 1.11.6
- 1.11.10
- 1.11.11
- 1.11.14
- 1.11.15
- 1.11.16
- 1.12.1
- 1.12.2
- 1.12.5
- 1.12.7
- 1.12.8
- 1.3
- 2.0
- current
- 2.4
- 3.0
Configuration 2
- 1.1.5.1
- 2.0
- 2.0.5
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.6
- 2.1.6.1
- 2.1.7.1
- 2.2
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.8
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.3
- 3.4
- 3.5
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.1
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.2
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.3
- 4.3
- 4.3
- 4.3
- 4.4
- 4.4
- 4.4
- 4.4
- 4.5
- 4.5
- 4.5
- 4.5
- 4.5
- 4.6
- 4.6
- 4.6
- 4.6
- 4.6
- 4.6.2
- 4.7
- 4.7
- 4.7
- 4.7
- 4.7
- 4.8
- 4.8
- 4.8
- 4.8
- 4.9
- 4.9
- 4.9
- 4.10
- 4.10
- 4.10
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.1
- 5.1
- 5.1
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 5.2.1
- 5.2.1
- 1.4
- 3.4
- 3.5
- current
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.72% (0.07722) | 94.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.72% (0.07722) | 93.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.95% (0.05947) | 89.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.58% (0.11581) | 89.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.95% (0.05947) | 89.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 3.02% (0.03020) | 90.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 1.37% (0.01367) | 86.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2023 | 1.37% (0.01367) | 84.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.43% (0.01427) | 84.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.71% (0.05714) | 90.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.71% (0.05714) | 89.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.71% (0.05714) | 76.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:14.cvs.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022441.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCVendor Advisory
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10499 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16365 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:14.cvs.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022441.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10499 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16365 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.