CVE-2012-1189

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in modules/graphic/ssgraph/grsound.cpp in The Open Racing Car Simulator (TORCS) before 1.3.3 and Speed Dreams allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long file name in an engine sample attribute in an xml configuration file.

Published: 2012-10-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1189 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.05%, 96th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-1189

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18471 exploit_db edb 2012-02-08 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1189

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-09 24.95% 23.05% -1.90%
2 2026-03-31 35.74% 24.95% -10.80%
3 2025-11-18 — 35.74% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1189

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1189

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1189

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2012-1189 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (torcs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1189
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1189 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (torcs), 17 status rows across 17 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 9, ignored 6, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1189

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1189

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bernhard_wymann torcs <= 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:bernhard_wymann:torcs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bernhard_wymann torcs 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:bernhard_wymann:torcs:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bernhard_wymann torcs 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:bernhard_wymann:torcs:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bernhard_wymann torcs 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:bernhard_wymann:torcs:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bernhard_wymann torcs 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:bernhard_wymann:torcs:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
speed-dreams speed_dreams — cpe:2.3:a:speed-dreams:speed_dreams:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1189

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