CVE-2012-2090
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in FlightGear 2.6 and earlier and SimGear 2.6 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code
02 Description
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in FlightGear 2.6 and earlier and SimGear 2.6 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-06-17 01:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 30e1a0b8220d9b35a8723e18ca342b0f7fc9b364aaea59d9064648ca2b4f73af
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com48780http://secunia.com/advisories/48780
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comflightgear-xml-format-string(74791)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74791
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-8615http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082017.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120410 Re: CVE Request: FlightGear and Simgear Multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/13
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-8650http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082002.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811617
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201603-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12
- sourceforge.net[Flightgear-devel] 20120320 Re: Flightgear and Simgear multiple format string vulnerabilitieshttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29012174
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-8647http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081997.html
- sourceforge.net[Flightgear-devel] 20120309 Flightgear and Simgear multiple format string vulnerabilitieshttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28957051
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- flightgear Fixed in 2.6.0-1.1
- simgear Fixed in 2.10.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- flightgear Fixed in 2.6.0-1.1
- simgear Fixed in 2.10.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- simgear Fixed in 2.10.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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