What is CVE-2019-15943?

CVE-2019-15943 is a high-severity vulnerability in Valvesoftware Counter-Strike\, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-19.

How severe is CVE-2019-15943?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Valvesoftware Counter-Strike\

CVE-2019-15943

vphysics.dll in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive before 1.37.1.1 allows remote attackers to achieve code execution or denial of service by creating a gaming server and inviting a victim to this server, because a crafted map is mishandled during a memset call.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.087 (94.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Valvesoftware Counter-strike\ — versions _global_offensive
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15943?: CVE-2019-15943 is a high-severity vulnerability in Valvesoftware Counter-Strike\, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2019-15943?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.