CVE-2012-2091
EPSS 7.6%
Description
Multiple 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.
How to fix CVE-2012-2091
To remediate CVE-2012-2091, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/flightgear—upgrade to 2.6.0-1.1 or later
- Debian/simgear—upgrade to 2.10.0-3 or later
Is CVE-2012-2091 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 7.6%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.6.0-1.1
- from 0, < 2.10.0-3