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CVE-2012-2118

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Date: May 18, 2012

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (7)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53150
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/8
http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/10001/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74930
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/2
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2118
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-2118

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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