DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2118

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2118

    Published: 18 May 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-2118

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2118

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xorg-server

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/xorg-server?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:1.12.1.902-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High