CVE-2012-0809: Todd Miller Sudo

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Todd Miller Sudo: version 1.8.0 only; version 1.8.1 only; version 1.8.1p1 only; version 1.8.1p2 only; version 1.8.2 only; version 1.8.3 only; …

Published 2012-02-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.