CVE-2012-3436
OpenTTD 0.6.0 through 1.2.1 does not properly validate requests to clear a water tile, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a certain sequence of steps related to "the water/coast…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
OpenTTD 0.6.0 through 1.2.1 does not properly validate requests to clear a water tile, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a certain sequence of steps related to "the water/coast aspect of tiles which also have railtracks on one half."
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.38% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- openttd/openttd
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 3.4% 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.
References
- http://bugs.openttd.org/task/5254
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00043.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50042Vendor Advisory
- http://security.openttd.org/en/CVE-2012-3436
- http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/24439
- http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/24449Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/27/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/28/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54720
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77266
- http://bugs.openttd.org/task/5254
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00043.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50042Vendor Advisory
- http://security.openttd.org/en/CVE-2012-3436
- http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/24439
- http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/24449Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/27/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/28/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54720
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77266
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.