{"id":"CVE-2009-3637","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-3637","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:44:33.477Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2010-01-13T11:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:12:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["icculus/alien arena"],"epss":{"score":0.07641,"percentile":0.94531,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://icculus.org/alienarena/changelogs/7.31.txt","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37118","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37256","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37259","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/very-high-risk-vulnerability-in-alien-arena-730/","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507369/100/0/threaded","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36782","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2997","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00179.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00218.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://icculus.org/alienarena/changelogs/7.31.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37118","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37256","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37259","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/very-high-risk-vulnerability-in-alien-arena-730/","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507369/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36782","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2997","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00179.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00218.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3637","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}