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Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVE-2010-2702

High
9.3/10

Summary

Buffer overflow in the UGameEngine::UpdateConnectingMessage function in the Unreal engine 1, 2, and 2.5, as used in multiple games including Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal tournament 2003, Postal 2, Raven Shield, and SWAT4, when downloads are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long LEVEL field in a WELCOME response to a download request.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-119 - Buffer Overflow

Buffer overflow attacks involve data transit and operations exceeding the restricted memory buffer, thereby corrupting or overwriting data in adjacent memory locations. Such overflow allows the attacker to run arbitrary code or manipulate the existing code to cause privilege escalation, data breach, denial of service, system crash and even complete system compromise. Given that languages such as C and C++ lack default safeguards against overwriting or accessing data in their memory, applications utilizing these languages are most susceptible to buffer overflows attacks.

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