# CVE-2004-2238: Format string vulnerability in vsybase.c in vpopmail 5.4.2 and earlier has unknown impact and attack vectors.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-07-17 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Format string vulnerability in vsybase.c in vpopmail 5.4.2 and earlier has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: in a followup post, it was observed that the source code used constants that, when compiled, became static format strings. Thus this is not a vulnerability

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17017
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0226.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0286.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0264.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/9147
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10962

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