Buffer overflow in Hammer Of Thyrion
CVE-2007-6468
Buffer overflow in the HuffDecode function in hw_utils/hwrcon/huffman.c and hexenworld/Client/huffman.c in Hammer of Thyrion 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted huffman encoded packet. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.057 (92.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.057 · newest: 0.057 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Hammer Of Thyrion — versions 1.4.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- uhexen2.cvs.sourceforge.net/uhexen2/hexenworld/Client/huffman.c (Exploit)
- uhexen2.cvs.sourceforge.net/uhexen2/hw_utils/hwrcon/huffman.c (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26893 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/28124 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/42641 (vdb-entry)
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4239 (vdb-entry)