{"id":"USN-4588-1","summary":"flightgear vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that FlightGear could write arbitrary files if received a\nspecial nasal script. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted\nfile to execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:57Z","published":"2020-10-19T20:46:35Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9956"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-9956","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9956"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4588-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9956"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"flightgear","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/flightgear@3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["3.4.0-1build1","3.4.0-2","3.4.0-3","3.4.0-3ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.4.0-3ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"flightgear"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-9956","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4588-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}