HIGH
Format string vulnerability in simpleproxy before 3.4 allows remote malicious HTTP proxies to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a reply
Published Sep 2, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.32%
Description
Format string vulnerability in simpleproxy before 3.4 allows remote malicious HTTP proxies to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a reply.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.2b
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 3.2
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.32% 0.04325
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04325
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.32% (0.04325) | 90.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.32% (0.04325) | 89.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.55% (0.01552) | 80.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.11% (0.01107) | 85.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 1.20% (0.01195) | 84.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.20% (0.01195) | 82.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.21% (0.03214) | 84.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.21% (0.03214) | 82.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.21% (0.03214) | 65.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16567/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=604&release_id=351847 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-786 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/139421 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14666 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22016 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16567/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=604&release_id=351847 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-786 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/139421 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14666 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22016 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published Sep 2, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 6, 2005
Link CVE-2005-1857
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a