CVE-2009-3637
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 7.6%EU EUVD
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 description to UDP port 27901 followed by a packet with a long print command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.6% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3612)
- Published
- January 13, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3612 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- icculus / alien arena
References
- http://icculus.org/alienarena/changelogs/7.31.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37118(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37256(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37259(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/very-high-risk-vulnerability-in-alien-arena-730/(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507369/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36782
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2997
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00179.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00218.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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