CVE-2012-2090Use of Externally-Controlled Format String in Flightgear

Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
4.5%
top 10.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 17
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages6 packages

debiandebian/simgear< flightgear 2.6.0-1.1 (bookworm)
debiandebian/flightgear< flightgear 2.6.0-1.1 (bookworm)
Debiansimgear/simgear< 2.10.0-2+3
Debianflightgear/flightgear< 2.6.0-1.1+3
NVDsimgear/simgear2.6.0+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4426-49xv-wxg5: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in FlightGear 22022-05-17
OSV
CVE-2012-2090: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in FlightGear 22012-06-17

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2012-2090: flightgear - Multiple format string vulnerabilities in FlightGear 2.6 and earlier and SimGear...2012

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2090 SimGear, FlightGear: Multiple format string flaws2012-04-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2090 SimGear, FlightGear: Multiple format string flaws [fedora-all]2012-04-11
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2090 CVE-2012-2091 FlightGear various flaws [fedora-all]2012-04-11