Vulnerability Details : 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 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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute codeDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2090
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 3.46%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 90 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2012-2090
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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9.3
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
8.6
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10.0
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2012-2090
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The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2012-2090
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74791
FlightGear XML format string CVE-2012-2090 Vulnerability Report
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12
FlightGear, SimGear: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201603-12) — Gentoo security
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http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29012174
FlightGear - Flight Simulator / Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flightgear and Simgear multiple format string vulnerabilities
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811617
811617 – (CVE-2012-2090) CVE-2012-2090 SimGear, FlightGear: Multiple format string flaws
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081997.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: SimGear-2.4.0-4.fc16
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/13
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: FlightGear and Simgear Multiple vulnerabilities
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082002.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: SimGear-2.6.0-2.fc17
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082017.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: SimGear-2.0.0-6.fc15
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http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28957051
FlightGear - Flight Simulator / [Flightgear-devel] Flightgear and Simgear multiple format string vulnerabilities
Products affected by CVE-2012-2090
- cpe:2.3:a:flightgear:flightgear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:flightgear:flightgear:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:flightgear:flightgear:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:simgear:simgear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:simgear:simgear:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:simgear:simgear:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*