SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-20817

SV_SteamAuthClient in various Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty games before 2015-08-11 is missing a size check when reading authBlob data into a buffer, which allows one to execute code on the remote target machine when sending a steam…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.63%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

SV_SteamAuthClient in various Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty games before 2015-08-11 is missing a size check when reading authBlob data into a buffer, which allows one to execute code on the remote target machine when sending a steam authentication request. This affects Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops 1, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.63% probability · 89th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
activision/call of duty\
Source
cve@mitre.org

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