CVE-2005-3912
Format string vulnerability in miniserv.pl Perl web server in Webmin before 1.250 and Usermin before 1.180, with syslog logging enabled,…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 14.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Format string vulnerability in miniserv.pl Perl web server in Webmin before 1.250 and Usermin before 1.180, with syslog logging enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the username parameter to the login form, which is ultimately used in a syslog call. NOTE: the code execution might be associated with an issue in Perl.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
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)
- 14.5% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (11 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
References17
- http://www.webmin.com/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17749 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200512-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [Dailydave] 20051129 Webmin miniserv.pl format string vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-1199 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.250.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18101 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2660 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 17878 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.dyadsecurity.com/webmin-0001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20051129 Webmin miniserv.pl format string vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.180.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22556 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:223 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 17942 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17817 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2005-3907 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-3912)Record last updated .