Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 17, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-2091
CVE-2012-2091
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in FlightGear 2.6 and earlier and SimGear 2.6 and earlier allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) long string in a rotor tag of an aircraft xml model to the Rotor::getValueforFGSet function in src/FDM/YASim/Rotor.cpp or (2) a crafted UDP packet to the SGSocketUDP::read function in simgear/simgear/simgear/io/sg_socket_udp.cxx.
Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:flightgear:flightgear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:flightgear:flightgear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.6.0
- cpe:2.3:a:flightgear:flightgear:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:flightgear:flightgear:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- secunia.com/advisories/48780nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081997.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082002.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082017.htmlnvd
- sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.phpnvd
- sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.phpnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/13nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-12nvd
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