CVE-2003-1433 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Epic Games Unreal Engine 226f through 436 does not validate the challenge key, which allows remote attackers to exhaust the player limit by joining the game multiple times.

Published: 2007-10-23

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:epic_games:unreal_engine:226f:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:epic_games:unreal_engine:433:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:epic_games:unreal_engine:436:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-1423	Epic Games Unreal Engine 226f through 436 does not validate the challenge key, which allows remote attackers to exhaust the player limit by joining the game multiple times.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00621.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0063.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0142.html
http://www.pivx.com/luigi/adv/ueng-adv.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6771
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11304

History

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Subscriptions

Epic Games Unreal Engine

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-23T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:28:03.574Z

Reserved: 2007-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1433

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-1433

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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