CVE-2007-4535 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Vavoom game engine daemon by sending a malicious UDP packet with a negative length value.
- 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-2007-4535?
CVE-2007-4535 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Aug 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The VStr::Resize function in str.cpp in Vavoom 1.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a string with a negative NewLen value within a certain UDP packet that triggers an assertion error.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4535?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vavoom Vavoom.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4535?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4535 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-2007-4535 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-4535 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8727-gqxc-c8fv.