CVE-2012-2118

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-2118
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-05-18T22:55:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-29T01:31:30
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/2
http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/10001/ Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53150
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/8
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74930
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2118
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2118
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:50:01 Added to TrackCVE