Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Unreal Tournament 3 by Epic Games
CVE-2008-3409

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Epic Games

Status
Unreal Tournament 3
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 July 2008

What is CVE-2008-3409?

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Unreal Tournament 3 versions up to 1.3beta4 that allows remote attackers to exploit the game by sending a specially crafted UDP packet. This packet can manipulate the size field to exceed the allocated buffer, resulting in memory corruption and causing the game daemon to crash. Under certain conditions, this vulnerability could also allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on the affected system, posing significant security risks to gamers and servers alike.

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ut3mendo-adv.txt
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http://aluigi.org/poc/ut3mendo.zip
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44105
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EPSS Score

25% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2008-3409 : Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Unreal Tournament 3 by Epic Games