CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-2118
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-05-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Format string vulnerability in the LogVHdrMessageVerb function in os/log.c in X.Org X11 1.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an input device name.
Affected configurations
• x.org x11 1.11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/10001/ Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/8 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53150 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74930 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/10001/ Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/8 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53150 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74930 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com