CVE-2006-1593 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Zdaemon or X-Doom game client by sending invalid player or item indices, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2006-1593?
CVE-2006-1593 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The (1) ZD_MissingPlayer, (2) ZD_UseItem, and (3) ZD_LoadNewClientLevel functions in sv_main.cpp for (a) Zdaemon 1.08.01 and (b) X-Doom allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid player slot or item number, which causes an invalid memory access, possibly due to an invalid array index.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1593?
It affects 2 products.
Products include X-Doom X-Doom, Zdaemon Zdaemon.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1593?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1593 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-2006-1593 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-1593 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-425j-xr6h-5vrv.