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CVE-2004-0998

Format string vulnerability in telnetd-ssl 0.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: Dec 23, 2004 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (5)

Vendor Product Version
telnetd telnetd 0.17.18
telnetd telnetd 0.17.25
telnetd telnetd-ssl 0.17.17_0.1.1
telnetd telnetd-ssl 0.17.17_0.1.2
telnetd telnetd-ssl 0.17.17_0.1.2

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-w8vf-fx97-rv64

Format string vulnerability in telnetd-ssl 0.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.5 / 10
EPSS Score 5.50%

Top 8% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 31.7 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub