CVE-2012-2090
FlightGear/Vulnerability Format String
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 via format string specifiers in certain data chunk values in an aircraft xml model to (1) fgfs/flightgear/src/Cockpit/panel.cxx or (2) fgfs/flightgear/src/Network/generic.cxx, or (3) a scene graph model to simgear/simgear/scene/model/SGText.cxx.
INFO
Published Date :
June 17, 2012, 3:41 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update FlightGear and SimGear to the latest versions.
- If using Gentoo Linux, update the packages using the provided emerge commands.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-2090
weaknesses.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081997.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082002.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082017.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48780 Added Reference http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28957051 Added Reference http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29012174 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/13 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811617 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74791 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74791 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74791 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 18, 2012
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
7.47 }} -0.08%
score
0.91314
percentile