Buffer overflow in Activision Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2
CVE-2019-20893
An issue was discovered in Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 through 2019-12-11. PartyHost_HandleJoinPartyRequest has a buffer overflow vulnerability and can be exploited by using a crafted joinParty packet. This can be utilized to conduct arbitrary code execution on a victim's machine.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.022 (80.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Activision Call_of_duty_modern_warfare_2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-20893?
- CVE-2019-20893 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Activision Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-06-30.
- How severe is CVE-2019-20893?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.