CVE-2009-3637
Stack-based buffer overflow in the M_AddToServerList function in client/menu.c in Red Planet Arena Alien Arena 7.30 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted server
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the M_AddToServerList function in client/menu.c in Red Planet Arena Alien Arena 7.30 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted server
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
- 7.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.5% 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
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2010-01-13 11:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-10-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5539c0a76501f06db7d45c6546017a54fdb5a91dc0a2111e712e19fff459c398
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20091021 Anonymous Remote Arbitrary Code Execution in Alien Arena 7.30http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507369/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com36782http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36782
- icculus.orghttp://icculus.org/alienarena/changelogs/7.31.txt
- www.ngssoftware.comhttp://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/very-high-risk-vulnerability-in-alien-arena-730/
- secunia.com37118http://secunia.com/advisories/37118
- secunia.com37259http://secunia.com/advisories/37259
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-2997http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2997
- secunia.com37256http://secunia.com/advisories/37256
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-11034https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00179.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-11066https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00218.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- alien-arena Fixed in 7.33-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- alien-arena Fixed in 7.33-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- alien-arena Fixed in 7.33-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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