The Com_sprintf function in q_shared.c in Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition 5.00 does not properly NULL terminate certain long strings, which allows remote attackers (possibly authenticated) to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long skin, weapon, or model name
Published Mar 10, 2006
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.13%
Description
The Com_sprintf function in q_shared.c in Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition 5.00 does not properly NULL terminate certain long strings, which allows remote attackers (possibly authenticated) to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long skin, weapon, or model name.
Affected products
No data.
- gold_5.00
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.13% (0.03129) | 87.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.06% (0.03057) | 85.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 10.60% (0.10600) | 92.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.13% (0.08131) | 86.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.60% (0.10600) | 92.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 14, 2025 | 0.94% (0.00936) | 83.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.02% (0.02018) | 89.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 6, 2023 | 2.02% (0.02018) | 87.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.62% (0.01618) | 85.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 68.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 68.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 66.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 41.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k6x-adv.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/0147.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19144 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/23749 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426984/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17028 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0882 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25201 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k6x-adv.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-03/0147.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19144 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/23749 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426984/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17028 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0882 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25201 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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