CVE-2012-1189
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 9.59% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- bernhard wymann/torcs · speed-dreams/speed dreams
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://freecode.com/projects/torcs/releases/341672Patch
- http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=79Patch
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18471Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/18/2Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/18Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/79372
- http://freecode.com/projects/torcs/releases/341672Patch
- http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=79Patch
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18471Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/18/2Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/18Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/79372
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.