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% (92th 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 92th 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

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

92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references9

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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.