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CVE-2006-1147 (GCVE-0-2006-1147)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-03-10 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:03
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/23749 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426984/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k6x-adv.txt x_refsource_MISC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0882 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/19144 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclo… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17028 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2006-03-07 00:00
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