| Name | CVE-2012-2118 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 673148 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xorg-server (PTS) | buster | 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u4 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:21.1.7-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:21.1.8-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xorg-server | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| xorg-server | source | (unstable) | 2:1.12.1.902-1 | | | 673148 |
Notes
[squeeze] - xorg-server <not-affected> (Introduced in 1.10)
http://lists.x.org/pipermail/xorg-devel/2012-May/031411.html