Buffer overflow in Teeworlds
CVE-2016-9400
The CClient::ProcessServerPacket method in engine/client/client.cpp in Teeworlds before 0.6.4 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving snap handling.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.036 (89.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Teeworlds
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 23
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-13 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.teeworlds.com/ (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94381 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/8 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/17/8 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/teeworlds/teeworlds/commit/ff254722a2683867fcb3e67569ffd36226c4bc62 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9400?
- CVE-2016-9400 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Teeworlds, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-02-22.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9400?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.