CVE-2004-1805 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in games using the Epic Games Unreal Engine 436 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in class names.

Published: 2005-05-10

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 17.9% Moderate

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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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.17932.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/unrfs-adv.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107893764406905&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107902755204583&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9840
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15430

History

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Subscriptions

Epic Games Unreal Engine

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-10T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:07:47.928Z

Reserved: 2005-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1805

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-1805

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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