CVE-2005-0240: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in chdev on IBM AIX 5.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument, which is not properly handled when printing an error message.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.2 only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.