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…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 18471 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.6% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://freecode.com/projects/torcs/releases/341672 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=79 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18471 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120218 TORCS 1.3.2 xml buffer overflow - CVE-2012-1189 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 79372 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120305 Re: TORCS 1.3.2 xml buffer overflow - CVE-2012-1189 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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