{"id":"CVE-2012-1189","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-1189","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:47.529Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2012-10-08T18:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:39:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["bernhard wymann/torcs","speed-dreams/speed dreams"],"epss":{"score":0.09595,"percentile":0.95443,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-02-08","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":18471,"kind":"exploit","title":"TORCS 1.3.2 - '.xml' File Buffer Overflow /SafeSEH Evasion","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18471","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/18471.c","file":"exploits/windows/local/18471.c","published":"2012-02-08","added":"2012-02-08","updated":"2012-03-16","author":"Andres Gomez & David Mora","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-80899","CVE-2012-1189","OSVDB-79372"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.com/screenshots/idlt18500/screen-shot-2012-02-28-at-71538-pm.png","referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 9.6%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://freecode.com/projects/torcs/releases/341672","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=79","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18471","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/18/2","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/18","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/79372","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://freecode.com/projects/torcs/releases/341672","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=79","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18471","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/18/2","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/18","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/79372","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1189","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}