Description
Freeciv21 is a free open source, turn-based, empire-building strategy game. Versions prior to 3.1.1 crash with a stack overflow when receiving specially-crafted packets. A remote attacker can use this to take down any public server. A malicious server can use this to crash the game on the player's machine. Authentication is not needed and, by default, logs do not contain any useful information. All users should upgrade to Freeciv21 version 3.1.1. Running the server behind a firewall can help mitigate the issue for non-public servers. For local games, Freeciv21 restricts connections to the current user and is therefore not affected.
Published: 2026-03-23
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Immediate Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6173-1 freeciv security update
History

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Description Freeciv21 is a free open source, turn-based, empire-building strategy game. Versions prior to 3.1.1 crash with a stack overflow when receiving specially-crafted packets. A remote attacker can use this to take down any public server. A malicious server can use this to crash the game on the player's machine. Authentication is not needed and, by default, logs do not contain any useful information. All users should upgrade to Freeciv21 version 3.1.1. Running the server behind a firewall can help mitigate the issue for non-public servers. For local games, Freeciv21 restricts connections to the current user and is therefore not affected.
Title Crash when receiving specially-crafted packets
Weaknesses CWE-121
CWE-20
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Longturn Freeciv21
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-24T13:36:23.980Z

Reserved: 2026-03-18T02:42:27.509Z

Link: CVE-2026-33250

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-24T13:36:18.996Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-03-24T00:16:29.830

Modified: 2026-04-15T15:47:31.327

Link: CVE-2026-33250

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-25T20:35:57Z

Weaknesses