CVE-2012-0809

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Format string vulnerability in the sudo_debug function in Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.3p1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in the program name for sudo.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-134

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 1, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-0809: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix