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Numeric Errors

CVE-2008-0550

Severity High
Score 10/10

Summary

Off-by-one error in Steamcast 0.9.75 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code via a certain HTTP request that leads to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated by a long User-Agent header.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-189 - Numeric Errors

Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published