CVE-2012-2118

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-04-18
Bugzilla:
814126: CVE-2012-2118 xorg-x11-server: Input device name logging format string flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2012-2118 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat does not consider crash of end user application such as xorg-x11-server caused by local user actions to be a security flaw.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 1.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 xorg-x11-server Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xorg-x11-server Will not fix

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