Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-7015. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unreal engine 3, as used in Unreal Tournament 3 1.3, Frontlines: Fuel of War 1.1.1, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server exit) via a packet with a large length value that triggers a memory allocation failure.

The weakness was released 09/11/2008 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-7015 since 08/18/2009. 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 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 (45095), Exploit-DB (32362), SecurityFocus (BID 31140†) and OSVDB (48292†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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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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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/11/2008 🔍
09/12/2008 +0 days 🔍
09/20/2008 +8 days 🔍
08/18/2009 +331 days 🔍
08/19/2009 +1 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +2037 days 🔍
01/20/2025 +3596 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-7015 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-7015
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49521
X-Force: 45095 - Unreal Engine memory denial of service
SecurityFocus: 31140 - Unreal Engine Failed Memory Allocation Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 48292 - Unreal Engine Packet String Handling Crafted Request Remote DoS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 01/20/2025 12:24
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (52), 12/16/2017 07:30 (7), 01/20/2025 12:24 (22)
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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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