01 Record
CVE-2005-1556
Gamespy cd-key validation system allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cd-key already in use) by capturing and replaying a cd-key authorization session.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Gamespy cd-key validation system allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cd-key already in use) by capturing and replaying a cd-key authorization session.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-05-14 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-05-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 23b9214be7f1a533dc39fee2eb9f23e8ecc84008f054245d5e71b0c200d16df6
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgamespy-sdk-cdkey-mult-games-dos(20417)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20417
- archives.neohapsis.com20050504 Gamespy cd-key validation system: "Cd-key in use" DoS versus many gameshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0065.html
- marc.info20050510 Gamespy cd-key validation system: "Cd-key in use" DoS versus many gameshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111575820116969&w=2
- aluigi.altervista.orghttp://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/gskeyinuse-adv.txt
- secunia.com15254http://secunia.com/advisories/15254