A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Activision Call of Duty 4 up to 1.5. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Call of Duty 4 (CoD4) 1.5 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a type 7 stats packet, which triggers a memcpy with a negative value.

The weakness was published 05/07/2008 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-2106 since 05/07/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as functional.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42163), Exploit-DB (31728), SecurityFocus (BID 29026†) and Secunia (SA30050†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Call of Duty 4

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• 1.0
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