CVE-2012-2118
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-05-18 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:26
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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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