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CVE-2012-2090 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081997.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082002.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082017.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811617	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48780	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74791	CVE
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28957051	CVE
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29012174	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/13	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081997.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082002.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082017.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811617	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48780	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74791	[email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28957051	[email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29012174	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/13	[email protected]

see all 20 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-134	Use of Externally-Controlled Format String	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
flightgear flightgear	<= 2.6.0 1.9.1 2.0.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:flightgear:flightgear:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:flightgear:flightgear:1.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:flightgear:flightgear:2.0.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
simgear simgear	<= 2.6.0 1.9.1 2.0.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:simgear:simgear:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:simgear:simgear:1.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:simgear:simgear:2.0.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 3, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 18, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]