CVE-2004-1388
Format string vulnerability in the gpsd_report function for BerliOS GPD daemon (gpsd, formerly pygps) 1.9.0 through 2.7 allows remote…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 68.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Berlios GPSD Format String Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/gpsd_format_stringRank averagedisclosed 25 May 2005
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Berlios GPSD - Format String (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16853remote, linuxpublished 30 Apr 2010Verified
- Berlios GPSD 2.7 - Remote Format String (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3099remote, linuxpublished 8 Jan 2007Verified
- Berlios GPSD 1.91-1 < 2.7-2 - Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10029remote, linuxpublished 25 May 2005Verified
- Berlios GPSD 2.7.x - Remote Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 775remote, linuxpublished 26 Jan 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 68.2% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- [Gpsd-announce] 20050127 Announcing release 2.8 of gpsd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0125a%5D.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- gpsd-format-string(19079) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20050126 DMA[2005-0125a] - 'berlios gpsd format string vulnerability' (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-closed%40lists.debian.org/msg02103.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-1385 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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