CVE-2006-0771 — Format string vulnerability in PunkBuster 1.180 and earlier, as used by Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in invalid cvar values, which are not properly handled when the server kicks the player and records the reason

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Format string vulnerability in PunkBuster 1.180 and earlier, as used by Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in invalid cvar values, which are not properly handled when the server kicks the player and records the reason

Published Feb 18, 2006

6.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.13%

Description

Format string vulnerability in PunkBuster 1.180 and earlier, as used by Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in invalid cvar values, which are not properly handled when the server kicks the player and records the reason.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.13% 0.03134

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03134

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.13% (0.03134)	87.43th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.06% (0.03062)	85.85th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	3.12% (0.03121)	85.95th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jan 25, 2025	9.61% (0.09611)	94.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 17, 2024	11.87% (0.11874)	95.30th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 25, 2023	9.29% (0.09287)	94.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	12.57% (0.12572)	94.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	5.14% (0.05139)	89.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	5.14% (0.05139)	88.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	5.14% (0.05139)	75.16th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-134

References (7)

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sof2pbfs-adv.txt
x_refsource_MISC
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0372.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/18917
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/448
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425286/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16703
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24792
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sof2pbfs-adv.txt		x_refsource_MISC
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0372.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/18917		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/448		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425286/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16703		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24792		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 18, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 18, 2006

Link CVE-2006-0771

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-0771

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-0771