Gearbox Software Halo Combat Evolved up to 1.05 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Gearbox Software Halo Combat Evolved up to 1.05. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2004-1539. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gearbox Software Halo Combat Evolved up to 1.05. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Halo: Combat Evolved 1.05 and earlier allows remote game servers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a long value in a game server reply, which triggers a NULL dereference.

The weakness was released 11/22/2004 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1539 since 02/18/2005. 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.

A public exploit has been developed by Luigi Auriemma and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (18196), Exploit-DB (651), SecurityFocus (BID 11724†), OSVDB (12112†) and Secunia (SA13273†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Luigi Auriemma
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1539 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1539
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22821
X-Force: 18196 - Halo long reply denial of service
SecurityFocus: 11724 - Gearbox Software Halo Game Client Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 13273 - Halo Client Server List Browsing Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 12112 - Halo Client Server List Browsing Broadcast DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2015 15:59
Updated: 07/14/2025 11:55
Changes: 02/27/2015 15:59 (58), 07/16/2017 13:27 (10), 07/14/2025 11:55 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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