CVE-2008-6712 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The HTTP/XML-RPC service in Crysis 1.21 (game version 1.1.1.6156) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Published: 2009-04-10

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 6.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ea:crysis::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ea:crysis:1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ea:crysis:1.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-6672	The HTTP/XML-RPC service in Crysis 1.21 (game version 1.1.1.6156) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

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 0.06174.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aluigi.org/poc/dontcrysis.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-06/0211.html
http://osvdb.org/46261
http://secunia.com/advisories/30675
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493385/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29759
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43126

History

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Subscriptions

Ea Crysis

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-04-10T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:41:59.922Z

Reserved: 2009-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6712

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-10T22:00:00.767

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-6712

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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