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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-2548

Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and Armed Assault II 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers…

HIGH 10.0EPSS 4.41%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and Armed Assault II 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) nickname and (2) datafile fields in a join request, which is not properly handled when logging an error message.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
4.41% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-134
Affected
bistudio/arma · bistudio/arma 2
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.