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TI-2005-04547 Aliases CVE-2005-4817GHSA-52rv-hwx6-25rg

Format string vulnerability in ui.c in Textbased MSN Client (TMSNC) before 0.2.5 allows…

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Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Format string vulnerability in ui.c in Textbased MSN Client (TMSNC) before 0.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors that cause format strings to be injected into the wprintw function.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02439 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 14

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.0VulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.0aVulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.0bVulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.1VulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.2VulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.3VulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.4VulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.5VulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.0VulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.0bVulnerableTmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.0 Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.0a Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.0b Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.1 Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.2 Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.3 Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.4 Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.5 Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.0 Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.0b Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
Show 4 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.1VulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.2VulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.3VulnerableTmsnc
cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.4VulnerableTmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.1 Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.2 Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.3 Vulnerable ·Tmsnc
  • cpe:2.3:a:tmsnc:tmsnc:0.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.4 Vulnerable ·Tmsnc

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-4817
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-52rv-hwx6-25rg

References

Patch 1

Other 2

  • TI-2008-02702 Stack-based buffer overflow in tmsnc allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0

Sources

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