CVE-2007-5249
Multiple buffer overflows in the logging function in the Unreal engine, as used by America's Army and America's Army Special Forces 2.8.2 and earlier, when Punkbuster (PB) is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) PB_Y packet to the YPG server on UDP port 1716 or (2) PB_U packet to UCON on UDP port 1716, different vectors than CVE-2007-4442. NOTE: this issue might be in Punkbuster itself, but there are insufficient details to be certain.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 1.6% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5229)
- Published
- October 6, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5229 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- americasarmy / america's army
- americasarmy / america's army special forces
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aaboompb-adv.txt(Exploit)
- http://aluigi.org/poc/aaboompb.zip(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27015(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3193
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481227/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36897
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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