{"id":"CVE-2005-2410","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2005-2410","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:33.097Z","title":"Format string vulnerability in the nm_info_handler function in Network Manager may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a Wireless Access Point identifier, which is not properly handled in a syslog call.","description":"Format string vulnerability in the nm_info_handler function in Network Manager may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a Wireless Access Point identifier, which is not properly handled in a syslog call.","published":"2005-08-01T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:14:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["gnome/networkmanager"],"epss":{"score":0.03514,"percentile":0.89126,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lwn.net/Alerts/145678/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2005-July/msg00196.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2005-July/msg00197.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lwn.net/Alerts/145678/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2005-July/msg00196.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2005-July/msg00197.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2410","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}