First published: Thu Jul 31 2008(Updated: )
Buffer overflow in Unreal Tournament 3 1.3beta4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a UDP packet containing a large value in a certain size field, followed by a data string of that size, aka attack 1 in ut3mendo.c.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 | =1.1 | |
Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 | <=1.3 | |
Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 | =1.2 |
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CVE-2008-3409 has a high severity rating due to the potential for memory corruption and arbitrary code execution.
To mitigate CVE-2008-3409, update Unreal Tournament 3 to version 1.4 or later.
CVE-2008-3409 affects Unreal Tournament 3 versions 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 beta 4.
CVE-2008-3409 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
Yes, CVE-2008-3409 is a remote vulnerability that can be exploited via crafted UDP packets.