CVE-2006-1147
The Com_sprintf function in q_shared.c in Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition 5.00 does not properly NULL terminate certain long strings, which allows remote attackers (possibly authenticated) to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long skin,…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
The Com_sprintf function in q_shared.c in Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition 5.00 does not properly NULL terminate certain long strings, which allows remote attackers (possibly authenticated) to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long skin, weapon, or model name.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.13% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 7 March 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- cor entertainment/alien arena 2006
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k6x-adv.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/0147.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19144Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/23749
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426984/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17028
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0882
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25201
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k6x-adv.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/0147.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19144Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/23749
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426984/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17028
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0882
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25201
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.