CVE-2012-2091

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2091
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-17 03:41:40 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple buffer overflows in FlightGear 2.6 and earlier and SimGear 2.6 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) long string in a rotor tag of an aircraft xml model to the Rotor::getValueforFGSet function in src/FDM/YASim/Rotor.cpp or (2) a crafted UDP packet to the SGSocketUDP::read function in simgear/simgear/simgear/io/sg_socket_udp.cxx.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Flightgear Flightgear 1.9.1 All All All
Application Flightgear Flightgear 2.0.0 All All All
Application Flightgear Flightgear All All All All
Application Simgear Simgear 1.9.1 All All All
Application Simgear Simgear 2.0.0 All All All
Application Simgear Simgear All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: SimGear-2.4.0-4.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: SimGear-2.6.0-2.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
SourceForge.net: FlightGear - Flight Simulator: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: SimGear-2.0.0-6.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
811617 – (CVE-2012-2090) CVE-2012-2090 SimGear, FlightGear: Multiple format string flaws af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: FlightGear and Simgear Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
FlightGear, SimGear: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201603-12) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
FlightGear - Flight Simulator / Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flightgear and Simgear multiple format string vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
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