CVE-2012-2090

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductFlightgear
PublishedJun 17, 2012
First seenJun 17, 2012

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
flightgear flightgearv ≤ 2.6.0, 1.9.1, 2.0.0—
simgear simgearv ≤ 2.6.0, 1.9.1, 2.0.0—

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CVE-2012-2090 · Flightgear · Dark Radar