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$ cve CVE-2006-1147 JSON

CVE-2006-1147 EXPLOIT

4.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.1% (pctl 87)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The Com_sprintf function in q_shared.c in Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition 5.00 does not properly NULL terminate certain long strings, which allows remote attackers (possibly authenticated) to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long skin, weapon, or model name.

Scoring

CVSS4.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS3.13% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2006-03-10
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
cor entertainmentalien arena 2006

Public exploits

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD