FKIE_CVE-2005-4817

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:19
Severity
Summary
Format string vulnerability in ui.c in Textbased MSN Client (TMSNC) before 0.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors that cause format strings to be injected into the wprintw function.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/16752Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=355808Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=19311
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14810Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1709
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22242
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/16752Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=355808Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=19311
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14810Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1709
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22242
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tmsnc tmsnc 0.1.0
tmsnc tmsnc 0.1.0a
tmsnc tmsnc 0.1.0b
tmsnc tmsnc 0.1.1
tmsnc tmsnc 0.1.2
tmsnc tmsnc 0.1.3
tmsnc tmsnc 0.1.4
tmsnc tmsnc 0.1.5
tmsnc tmsnc 0.2.0
tmsnc tmsnc 0.2.0b
tmsnc tmsnc 0.2.1
tmsnc tmsnc 0.2.2
tmsnc tmsnc 0.2.3
tmsnc tmsnc 0.2.4
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