CVE-2017-13709

In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to...

7.5 HighFix available

In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to overwrite any file via a resource that affects the contents of the global Property Tree.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.06%Up 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to overwrite any file via a resource that affects the contents of the global Property Tree.

Record: CVE-2017-13709
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 6.4 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to overwrite any file via a resource that affects the contents of the global Property Tree.

Record: CVE-2017-13709
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-5226 No score

In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to overwrite any file via a resource that affects the contents of the global Property Tree.

Record: EUVD-2017-5226
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v6cf-m8q2-vx93 7.5

In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to...

In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to overwrite any file via a resource that affects the contents of the global Property Tree.

Record: GHSA-v6cf-m8q2-vx93
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.5

In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to overwrite any file via a resource that affects the contents of the global Property Tree.

Record: CVE-2017-13709
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-13709 7.5

In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to overwrite any file via a resource that affects the contents of the global Property Tree.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13709
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-13709 7.5

In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to overwrite any file via a resource that affects the contents of the global Property Tree.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13709
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2017-0362 No score

Updated flightgear packages fix security vulnerability

In FlightGear before version 2017.3.1, Main/logger.cxx in the FGLogger subsystem allows one to overwrite any file via a resource that affects the contents of the global Property Tree. Mageia provides 2017.3.1 version as a security and bugfix update, allowing to connect to latest multiplayer servers.

Record: MGASA-2017-0362
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

flightgear

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`flightgear` Debian:12	before 1:2017.2.1+dfsg-4	1:2017.2.1+dfsg-4
`flightgear` Debian:13	before 1:2017.2.1+dfsg-4	1:2017.2.1+dfsg-4
`flightgear` Mageia:5	before 2017.3.1-1.mga5	2017.3.1-1.mga5
`flightgear-data` Mageia:5	before 2017.3.1-1.mga5	2017.3.1-1.mga5
`simgear` Mageia:5	before 2017.3.1-1.mga5	2017.3.1-1.mga5
`flightgear` Mageia:6	before 2017.3.1-1.mga6	2017.3.1-1.mga6
`flightgear-data` Mageia:6	before 2017.3.1-1.mga6	2017.3.1-1.mga6
`simgear` Mageia:6	before 2017.3.1-1.mga6	2017.3.1-1.mga6
`flightgear` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 3.4.0-1build13.4.0-23.4.0-33.4.0-3ubuntu13.4.0-3ubuntu1.1	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-13709 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Flightgear, published August 27, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.06%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in flightgear 1:2017.2.1+dfsg-4.

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