CVE-2007-5825
Format string vulnerability in the ws_addarg function in webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with format string specifiers in the (1)…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in the ws_addarg function in webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) password portion of base64-encoded data on the "Authorization: Basic" HTTP header line.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.72% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- firefly/media server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28269
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30661
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=98211&release_id=548679
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1597
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-18.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483209/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483214/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26310
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38243
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28269
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30661
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=98211&release_id=548679
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1597
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-18.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483209/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483214/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26310
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38243
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.