Is CVE-2012-2090 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-2090 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-2090?

CVE-2012-2090 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-2090?

CVE-2012-2090 has an EPSS score of 6.00% (93th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2090?

Upgrade flightgear on debian 11 to 2.6.0-1.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-2090

HIGHEPSS 93th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-134

How to fix

Remediation Available

flightgearDebian

Fixed in:2.6.0-1.1CVE-2012-2090

TridentStack Control can deploy fixes like this automatically across your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet. See how it works

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

6.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

93rdpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 93% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references9

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-134 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13160	Critical	9.8	81%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-22374	High	8.5	73%	-	-
CVE-2012-1851	High	10.0	66%	-	-
CVE-2024-23113	Critical	9.8	62%	KEV	-
CVE-2012-3569	High	9.3	48%	-	-
CVE-2018-6317	Critical	9.1	44%	-	-

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2012-2090

Markdown

[![CVE-2012-2090](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2012-2090.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2012-2090)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2012-2090"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2012-2090.svg" alt="CVE-2012-2090"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

See how it works Start freeThis CVE lookup is free and always will be.

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.