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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 cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code v...

HighCVSS 9.3 EPSS 5.9%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/flightgear(Debian:12) < 2.6.0-1.1 2.6.0-1.1
debian/flightgear(Debian:13) < 2.6.0-1.1 2.6.0-1.1
debian/simgear(Debian:12) < 2.10.0-2 2.10.0-2
debian/simgear(Debian:13) < 2.10.0-2 2.10.0-2
debian/simgear(Debian:14) < 2.10.0-2 2.10.0-2
flightgear <= 2.6.0 No fix listed
flightgear = 1.9.1 No fix listed
flightgear = 2.0.0 No fix listed
simgear <= 2.6.0 No fix listed
simgear = 1.9.1 No fix listed
simgear = 2.0.0 No fix listed

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