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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…
High9.3EPSS 5.9%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.9% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
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References (10)
- 48780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- flightgear-xml-format-string(74791) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-8615 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120410 Re: CVE Request: FlightGear and Simgear Multiple vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-8650 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811617 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201603-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [Flightgear-devel] 20120320 Re: Flightgear and Simgear multiple format string vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-8647 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [Flightgear-devel] 20120309 Flightgear and Simgear multiple format string vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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