CVE-2012-0809

HIGH 7.2CVE-2012-0809 · Published 01/02/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-0809 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting sudo (todd miller).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.9%, higher than 87.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sudo todd_miller	`= 1.8.0= 1.8.1= 1.8.1p1= 1.8.1p2= 1.8.2= 1.8.3= 1.8.3p1`	No fix yet

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.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

sudo

todd_miller

= 1.8.0= 1.8.1= 1.8.1p1= 1.8.1p2= 1.8.2= 1.8.3= 1.8.3p1

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