Digital Illusions Battlefield 1942 up to 1.6.19 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Digital Illusions Battlefield 1942 up to 1.6.19. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1220. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Digital Illusions Battlefield 1942 up to 1.6.19 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Battlefield 1942 1.6.19 and earlier, and Battlefield Vietnam 1.2 and earlier, allows a remote master server to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a server reply that contains a large numplayers value, which triggers a null dereference.

The weakness was shared 12/07/2004 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-1220 since 12/14/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Luigi Auriemma and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18402), Exploit-DB (679), SecurityFocus (BID 11838†), OSVDB (12259†) and Secunia (SA13368†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Digital Illusions

Name

• Battlefield 1942

Version

• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.2
• 1.6.3
• 1.6.4
• 1.6.5
• 1.6.6
• 1.6.7
• 1.6.8
• 1.6.9
• 1.6.10
• 1.6.11
• 1.6.12
• 1.6.13
• 1.6.14
• 1.6.15
• 1.6.16
• 1.6.17
• 1.6.18
• 1.6.19

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

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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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2004-1220 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1220
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23764
X-Force: 18402 - Battlefield Vietnam numplayers denial of service
SecurityFocus: 11838 - Digital Illusions Multiple Games Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 13368 - Battlefield 1942 / Battlefield Vietnam Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 12259 - Battlefield 1942 / Battlefield Vietnam numplayers Client Broadcast DoS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 07/10/2025 04:34
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (57), 07/22/2017 10:12 (12), 07/10/2025 04:34 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:BFD:103

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