CVE-2004-1388: berlios gps_daemon
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2004-1388 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in berlios gps_daemon. EPSS estimates a 68.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 6 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1Timeline
- 06-02-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Format string vulnerability in the gpsd_report function for BerliOS GPD daemon (gpsd, formerly pygps) 1.9.0 through 2.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain GPS requests containing format string specifiers that are not properly handled in syslog calls.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
68.19%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
99%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 68.19% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
6 foundExploit Reference (digitalmunition.com)
Maturity: unknown
Berlios GPSD - Format String (Metasploit)
Maturity: weaponized
Berlios GPSD 1.91-1 < 2.7-2 - Format String
Maturity: weaponized
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Berlios GPSD 2.7 - Remote Format String (Metasploit)
Maturity: weaponized
Berlios GPSD 2.7.x - Remote Format String
Maturity: weaponized
Berlios GPSD Format String Vulnerability
exploit/linux/http/gpsd_format_string
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Berlios1 product
- gps_daemon1.9.0 | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.91 | 1.92 | 1.93 | 1.94 | 1.95 | 1.96 | 1.97 | 1.98 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7
Debian1 product
- gpsd< 2.7-4
2 vendors · 2 products
References
6 links- www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-closed%40lists.debian.org/msg02103.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM