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CVE-2012-2090

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.9%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
9.3 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-134
EPSS score
5.9% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-2096)
Published
June 17, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2096 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • flightgear / flightgear
  • flightgear / flightgear
  • flightgear / flightgear
  • simgear / simgear
  • simgear / simgear
  • simgear / simgear

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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