CVE-2012-1189

critical
Published 2012-10-08 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1189

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=79

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://freecode.com/projects/torcs/releases/341672

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.3.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.3.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.3.3-1
debian debiansidfixed1.3.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.3.3-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
bernhard_wymanntorcs{"endIncluding":"1.3.2"}
bernhard_wymanntorcs1.2.3
bernhard_wymanntorcs1.2.4
bernhard_wymanntorcs1.3.0
bernhard_wymanntorcs1.3.1
speed-dreamsspeed_dreams-

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.