CVE-2012-1189 (GCVE-0-2012-1189)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-08 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 21:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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| http://freecode.com/projects/torcs/releases/341672 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=News&… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18471 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/18/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.osvdb.org/79372 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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