CVE-2005-3488

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

Description

Scorched 3D 39.1 (bf) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop and server hang) via a negative numplayers value that bypasses a signed check in ServerConnectHandler.cpp.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-1285 dos windows verified

Luigi Auriemma · 2005-11-02

Scorched 3D 39.1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (PoC)

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`39.1+cvs20050929-2`
sid	Fixed	`39.1+cvs20050929-2`
forky	Fixed	`39.1+cvs20050929-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`39.1+cvs20050929-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`39.1+cvs20050929-2`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3488

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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