Resource exhaustion in Freeciv

CVE-2012-5645

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the server component of Freeciv before 2.3.4 processed certain packets. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted packet that, when processed would lead to memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.043 (90.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5645?
CVE-2012-5645 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeciv, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2012-5645?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.