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
Published Jun 17, 2012
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.00%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.6.0
- 1.9.1
- 2.0.0
- ≤ 2.6.0
- 1.9.1
- 2.0.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.00% (0.05997) | 93.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.00% (0.05997) | 92.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 15, 2026 | 4.48% (0.04480) | 88.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 23, 2026 | 5.78% (0.05782) | 90.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.55% (0.07551) | 90.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 20.54% (0.20539) | 92.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.74% (0.07737) | 91.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.46% (0.03464) | 91.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.46% (0.03464) | 90.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081997.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48780 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28957051 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29012174 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/13 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811617 x_refsource_MISC
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74791 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081997.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082017.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/48780 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28957051 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29012174 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/13 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811617 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74791 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
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