fkie_cve-2021-30481
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2021-04-10 19:15
Modified
2025-11-03 06:15
Severity ?
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26762170Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://twitter.com/floesen_/status/1337107178096881666Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://twitter.com/the_secret_club/status/1380868759129296900Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQn--9xR1QExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26762170Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://twitter.com/floesen_/status/1337107178096881666Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://twitter.com/the_secret_club/status/1380868759129296900Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQn--9xR1QExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
valvesoftware steam_client *


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