CVE-2005-1808 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Stronghold 2 by sending a packet with an oversized nickname, causing a memory allocation failure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-1808?
CVE-2005-1808 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Firefly Studios Stronghold 2 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet with a large size value for the nickname, which causes a memory allocation failure and generates an exception.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1808?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Firefly Studios Stronghold 2.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1808?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1808 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-1808 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1808 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-74qw-mw2c-q2qc.