ubuntu · CVE-2012-2118

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Priority: low Published: 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2024-07-24 15:57:39 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2012-2118 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xorg-server), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): not-affected 5, needs-triage 1, released 1.

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.

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