Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Crafted Packet memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation as part of Crafted Packet results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-10718. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation as part of a Crafted Packet leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 before 2018-04-26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

The bug was discovered 05/02/2018. The weakness was published 05/03/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-10718 since 05/03/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (44987). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/26/2018 🔍
05/02/2018 +6 days 🔍
05/03/2018 +0 days 🔍
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05/04/2018 +1 days 🔍
10/20/2025 +2726 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-10718 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-10718
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117345
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 05/04/2018 08:44
Updated: 10/20/2025 13:00
Changes: 05/04/2018 08:44 (58), 02/02/2020 11:30 (4), 10/20/2025 13:00 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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