CVE-2009-3637
Stack-based buffer overflow in the M_AddToServerList function in client/menu.c in Red Planet Arena Alien Arena 7.30 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted server description to UDP port 27901 followed by a packet…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the M_AddToServerList function in client/menu.c in Red Planet Arena Alien Arena 7.30 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted server description to UDP port 27901 followed by a packet with a long print command.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.64% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- icculus/alien arena
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 7.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://icculus.org/alienarena/changelogs/7.31.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37118Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37256Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37259Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/very-high-risk-vulnerability-in-alien-arena-730/Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507369/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36782
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2997
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00179.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00218.html
- http://icculus.org/alienarena/changelogs/7.31.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37118Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37256Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37259Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/very-high-risk-vulnerability-in-alien-arena-730/Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507369/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36782
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2997
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00179.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00218.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.