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1 vulnerability found for by valvesoftware
CVE-2021-30481 (GCVE-0-2021-30481)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-10 18:31
Modified
2025-11-03 05:30
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
Valve Steam before 2021-04-17, when a Source engine game is installed, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code because of a buffer overflow that occurs for a Steam invite after one click.
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