Buffer overflow in the WebTool HTTP server component in (1) PunkBuster before 1.229, as used by multiple products including (2) America's Army 1.228 and earlier, (3) Battlefield 1942 1.158 and earlier, (4) Battlefield 2 1.184 and earlier, (5) Battlefield Vietnam 1.150 and earlier, (6) Call of Duty 1.173 and earlier, (7) Call of Duty 2 1.108 and earlier, (8) DOOM 3 1.159 and earlier, (9) Enemy Territory 1.167 and earlier, (10) Far Cry 1.150 and earlier, (11) F.E.A.R
Published May 25, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.11%
Description
Buffer overflow in the WebTool HTTP server component in (1) PunkBuster before 1.229, as used by multiple products including (2) America's Army 1.228 and earlier, (3) Battlefield 1942 1.158 and earlier, (4) Battlefield 2 1.184 and earlier, (5) Battlefield Vietnam 1.150 and earlier, (6) Call of Duty 1.173 and earlier, (7) Call of Duty 2 1.108 and earlier, (8) DOOM 3 1.159 and earlier, (9) Enemy Territory 1.167 and earlier, (10) Far Cry 1.150 and earlier, (11) F.E.A.R. 1.093 and earlier, (12) Joint Operations 1.187 and earlier, (13) Quake III Arena 1.150 and earlier, (14) Quake 4 1.181 and earlier, (15) Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield 1.169 and earlier, (16) Rainbow Six 4: Lockdown 1.093 and earlier, (17) Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1.175 and earlier, and (18) Soldier of Fortune II 1.183 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long webkey parameter.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.228
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:N/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 1, 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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.11% (0.05108) | 92.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.01% (0.05014) | 91.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 21, 2026 | 17.70% (0.17700) | 95.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 5, 2025 | 14.21% (0.14214) | 94.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 11.68% (0.11678) | 93.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.44% (0.09437) | 87.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 11.68% (0.11678) | 93.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.52% (0.04515) | 92.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 10.47% (0.10475) | 95.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 14, 2024 | 11.33% (0.11326) | 95.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 5, 2023 | 6.29% (0.06290) | 92.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 29, 2023 | 7.17% (0.07171) | 93.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 29, 2023 | 7.99% (0.07987) | 93.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.79% (0.08792) | 93.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 88.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pbwebbof-adv.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0607.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20257 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016155 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-all.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.osvdb.org/25738 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434909/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18106 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1940 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26608 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pbwebbof-adv.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0607.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20257 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016155 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-all.php | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/25738 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434909/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18106 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1940 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26608 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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