CVE-2012-2118 (GCVE-0-2012-2118)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-18 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 976 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2012-04-18 00:00
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