CVE-2012-2118

critical

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74930

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53150

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/8

http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/10001/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-05-18

Updated: 2017-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H