CVE-2007-6468
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.7%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the HuffDecode function in hw_utils/hwrcon/huffman.c and hexenworld/Client/huffman.c in Hammer of Thyrion 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted huffman encoded packet. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.7% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6434)
- Published
- December 20, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6434 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hammer of thyrion / hammer of thyrion
References
- http://osvdb.org/42641
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28124(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=562016&group_id=124987
- http://uhexen2.cvs.sourceforge.net/uhexen2/hexenworld/Client/huffman.c?r1=1.24&r2=1.25(Exploit)
- http://uhexen2.cvs.sourceforge.net/uhexen2/hw_utils/hwrcon/huffman.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26893
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4239
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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