CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-2118

HIGHEPSS 84th pctl
10.0
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
xorg-serverDebian
Fixed in:2:1.12.1.902-1CVE-2012-2118
Fixed in:2:1.12.1.902-1CVE-2012-2118
Fixed in:2:1.12.1.902-1CVE-2012-2118
Fixed in:2:1.12.1.902-1CVE-2012-2118

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

2.69%probability of exploitation in 30 days
84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

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