What is CVE-2008-3597?

CVE-2008-3597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Skulltag, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2008-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2008-3597?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Skulltag

CVE-2008-3597

Skulltag before 0.97d2-RC6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by sending a "command 29" packet when the player is not in the game.

Published 2008-08-12 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (86.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Skulltag — versions 0.97d2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

secunia.com/advisories/31427 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44363 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2325 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/skulltagod-adv.txt (Broken Link)
skulltag.com/forum/viewtopic.php (Patch, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-3597?: CVE-2008-3597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Skulltag, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2008-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2008-3597?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.