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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2012-1189 EUVD-2012-1217GHSA-hx2c-qfwc-wm58

Stack-based buffer overflow in modules/graphic/ssgraph/grsound.cpp in The Open Racing Car Simulator (TORCS) before 1.3.3 and Speed Dreams a…

Published Oct 8, 2012 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: torcs Ecosystem: Debian

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 torcs 1.3.3-1 —
Debian 13 torcs 1.3.3-1 —
Debian 12 torcs 1.3.3-1 —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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