alienarena: Buffer overflow by processing specially-crafted UDP reply from game server (ACE)
Published Jan 13, 2010
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.64%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the M_AddToServerList function in client/menu.c in Red Planet Arena Alien Arena 7.30 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted server description to UDP port 27901 followed by a packet with a long print command.
Affected products
No data.
- 7.30
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:C/I:C/A:C
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 7.64% (0.07641) | 94.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.64% (0.07641) | 93.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 8, 2025 | 12.45% (0.12449) | 93.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.77% (0.15767) | 94.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 18.80% (0.18800) | 92.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 15.77% (0.15767) | 93.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 14.28% (0.14280) | 93.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 18.39% (0.18391) | 96.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 11.31% (0.11309) | 95.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 12.39% (0.12386) | 95.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 16.95% (0.16954) | 95.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 95.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 73.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 88.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://icculus.org/alienarena/changelogs/7.31.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37118 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37256 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37259 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/very-high-risk-vulnerability-in-alien-arena-730/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507369/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36782 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2997 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3637 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530514 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3637
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3637
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00179.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00218.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
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